Amanda Lynn Manata v. State of Florida

The appellant appeals her convictions for one count of organized scheme to defraud and one count of grand theft, entered after an open plea to the charges. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the appellant’s conviction for organized scheme to defraud, but reverse and remand for the trial court to vacate the appellant’s conviction for grand theft and to resentence the appellant on the organized scheme to defraud conviction.

Convictions for both grand theft and scheme to defraud violate double jeopardy when both “are based on common allegations.” Saddler v. State, 921 So.2d 777 (Fla. 1st…