Legal Opinion
Schofield v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 12, 2003No. 2D03-2406PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
861 So.2d 1244 (2003)
Leo Robert SCHOFIELD, Jr., Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D03-2406.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
December 12, 2003.
WHATLEY, Judge.
Leo Robert Schofield appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction DNA testing filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.853. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
In 1988 Schofield was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife, Michelle. He filed a rule 3.853 motion seeking DNA testing of fingernail scrapings taken from his…
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