People v. Perez

Summary

The court held that Colorado's identity-theft statute requires the prosecution to prove that the defendant knew the identifying information belonged to an actual person. It also held that sufficient circumstantial evidence supported Perez's conviction because he repeatedly used the same Social Security number with multiple employers and tax withholdings were made under that number. The court affirmed the statutory interpretation, reversed the insufficiency ruling, and remanded. No separate opinions were issued.