Schofield v. State

Leo Schofield appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, in which he argued that he was entitled to a new trial based on newly discovered evidence.1 We write to address why we must affirm.

In 1989, Schofield was convicted of first-degree murder for the death of his wife, Michelle, in February 1987. At the time of Schofield’s trial, he was aware that there were several unidentified fingerprints found in Michelle’s abandoned car, and he used those unidentified fingerprints to support his defense that someone else, namely…