State v. Allen

OPINION

VIGIL, Judge.

{1} This is an identity theft case. The question presented is whether Defendant can be prosecuted in New Mexico when he never set foot in New Mexico, and all the acts of using Victim’s identity occurred in other states. Concluding that New Mexico has jurisdiction to prosecute Defendant, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

{2} Victim attempted to obtain aNew Mexico driver’s license and discovered that someone had used his identifying information to obtain an Arizona driver’s license. A police investigation revealed that Defendant used Victim’s identity to obtain a driver’s license in…