Fred Somers v. United States

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC21-1407 ____________ FRED SOMERS, Appellant, vs. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee. November 17, 2022 CANADY, J. This Court has for review two questions of Florida law certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Somers v. United States,

15 F.4th 1049, 1056

(11th Cir. 2021), regarding an element of Florida’s assault statute, section 784.011(1), Florida Statutes. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(6), Fla. Const. I. BACKGROUND AND CERTIFIED QUESTIONS In 2013, Fred Somers pleaded guilty to a federal indictment…