In Fiscal Year 2020-21, state attorneys filed 149,581 felony cases, 343,197 misdemeanor cases, and 19,033 juvenile cases.
Residential Picketing. Chapter 2022-118, Laws of Florida, addresses unlawful assemblies that specifically target residences to harass or disturb people inside their homes. The law makes it a second degree misdemeanor to picket or protest before or about another person's home in order to harass or disturb the person in their home. Before a person may be arrested for this offense, a law enforcement officer must command the person to disperse from the unlawful assembly. If the person does not immediately and peaceably disperse, only then may they be arrested.
Due Process Services, Report 19-18, December 2019 |
Direct File of Children to Adult Court Is Decreasing; Better Data Needed to Assess Sanctions, Report 17-06, March 2017 |
Other Reports
The Auditor General reports on state attorney's operations are available on its website.
Websites of Interest
Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association
Florida State Courts
U.S. Department of Justice
Performance Information
Garett Berman, Executive Director, Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Inc., 850-922-0467