Muhammad v. State

After the defendant, Sameer Muhammad, was found by a jury guilty of organized scheme to defraud $50,000 or more and four counts of grand theft, the State elected to have the defendant adjudicated and sentenced to the four counts of grand theft and nolle pressed his conviction of organized fraud to comply with double jeopardy principles. As stated in Pizzo v. State, 945 So.2d 1203, 1206 (Fla.2006), “double jeopardy principles preclude convictions for both grand theft and organized fraud based upon the same conduct.” When dual convictions are impermissible, the conviction for the lesser crime…