Opinion ID: 2549254
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Text: In this case, we address the issue of whether second degree aggravated motor vehicle theft [1] is a lesser-included offense of felony theft. [2] Following a jury trial, Defendant William L. Meads was convicted of both offenses. In People v. Meads, 58 P.3d 1137 (Colo.App.2002), the court of appeals affirmed both convictions, concluding that second degree aggravated motor vehicle theft was not a lesser-included offense of theft. Id. at 1139-1140. We affirm the court of appeals' decision that second degree aggravated motor vehicle theft is not a lesser-included offense of theft. Applying the strict elements test to the relevant statutes in this case, we conclude that the statutory elements of the greater offense, theft, do not necessarily include all the statutory elements of the lesser offense, second degree aggravated motor vehicle theft. Accordingly, one is not a lesser-included offense of the other and the defendant could suffer convictions for both offenses.