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, including repeated use of the Social Security number with multiple employers and payroll-related tax withholdings. The court affirmed the statutory interpretation portion of the court of appeals’ decision, reversed its sufficiency determination, and remanded.