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- Title: People v. Knaub
- Author : Colorado Court of Appeals No. 80CA0282
- Release Date : January 04, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 46 KB
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Opinion by JUDGE COYTE Defendant, James Michael Knaub, pled guilty to charges of misdemeanor theft and false reporting to authorities. Misdemeanor theft, as a class 2 misdemeanor, is punishable by a maximum sentence of 12 months imprisonment or a $1,000 fine or both. See § 18-1-106, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8). False reporting to authorities, as a class 1 petty offense, is punishable by a maximum sentence of 6 months imprisonment or a $500 fine or both. See § 18-1-107, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8). Imposing consecutive sentences, the trial court placed defendant on 2 years probation and fined defendant $250. Defendant appeals his sentence. We reverse. Defendant first contends that the trial court erred in imposing consecutive rather than concurrent sentences. We disagree. Section 18-1-408, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8) requires the imposition of concurrent sentences only where the counts for which the defendant was convicted were supported by identical evidence. People v. Taylor, 197 Colo. 161, 591 P.2d 1017 (1979). Here, the evidence supporting misdemeanor theft is clearly not identical with the evidence supporting false reporting to authorities.
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