Manuel v. State

PARKER, Judge.

Allen Manuel appeals the trial court’s upward departure from the recommended sentence under the guidelines. We affirm the sentences, but remand for correction of the sentencing order.

Manuel pleaded guilty to a two-count information charging separate acts of grand theft against different victims. Both counts involved a con scheme in which Manuel’s accomplice telephoned an elderly lady and told her he was investigating a dishonest bank teller at the victim’s bank. The accomplice then requested the lady’s assistance in apprehending the teller. While she was on the telephone with…