Legal Opinion

Schofield v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 28, 2009No. 2D08-1641PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FULMER, Judge.

Leo Schofield Jr. appeals the summary denial of his postconviction motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, in which he raised three grounds: newly discovered evidence (ground one) and loss and destruction of evidence (grounds two and three). 1 We reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing on all claims. For ground one, the court below erred in its legal conclusions made to justify its summary denial. On remand the court is instructed to carry out the full cumulative analysis of the evidence that is required to properly evaluate the claim. For…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Arizona v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  3. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  4. McLin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  5. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Schofield v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  2. John Richard McDowell v. Secretary, Department of CorrectionsDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2026
  3. McLin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015

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