Legal Opinion

Schoonover v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 21, 2015No. 5D13-3445Published

1Opinion of the CourtLawson, C.J.

In this Anders1 appeal, Schoonover initially filed an Anders brief, then filed a pro se Initial Brief identifying eight issues, then filed a Supplemental Brief through counsel discussing two of those issues, as ordered by this court. Schoonover correctly argues that his convictions and sentences for possessing and discharging a destructive device and for arson of a dwelling with discharge of a destructive device violate double jeopardy. When the enhancement for discharging a destructive device is added to the crime of arson to *995require a mandatory minimum twenty-year sentence pursuant to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Cleveland v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  3. Ellison v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  4. Law v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  5. Estremera v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

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