People v. Perez

delivered the Opinion of the Court.] 1 In this case, we examine the applicability of the culpable mental state, "knowingly," to the elements of identity theft found in section 18-5-902, C.R.S. (2015) We hold that, to be guilty of identity theft, an offender must have used the identifying information of another person with, knowledge that the information belonged to an actual person. We also evaluate the trial record in this case to determine whether the evidence supported the jury's conclusion that the respondent, Eduardo Dejesus Perez, was aware that the Social Security number he used…