Grant v. State

Patricia Grant and her daughter, Geisha Morris, appeal their convictions stemming from a real estate scheme that involved nine properties allegedly acquired through identify theft, straw companies and buyers, and fraudulent mortgages. 1 As explained below, we reverse Grant’s and Morris’s convictions on count 5, mortgage fraud, but affirm the remaining convictions in all respects.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement Special Agent Mark Willis was part of an ongoing mortgage fraud investigation involving Grant, and obtained a warrant to arrest her. Law enforcement officers stopped Grant while…