Williamson v. State

KELLY, Judge.

Celeata Williamson was convicted of fifty-seven counts of grand theft and one count of scheming to defraud and sentenced to concurrent terms of five years’ imprisonment on all charges. We agree with Williamson, and the State concedes, that convicting and sentencing her on both the scheming to defraud and the grand theft charges, which formed the basis of the scheming to defraud charge, constituted double jeopardy. See Kipping v. State, 702 So.2d 578 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997); Cherry v. State, 592 So.2d 292 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991). We therefore vacate Williamson’s convictions and sentences…