Opinion ID: 1397486
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: concurrent statutes

Text: The offense of criminal possession of a rented motor vehicle contains three elements: (1) service of written demand, (2) to return a motor vehicle valued at more than $1,500 and (3) willfully neglecting to return the motor vehicle. Wilfully neglects is defined as failure to return with intent to deprive the owner of the property or as failure to return with intent to exert unauthorized control over the property. [1] In contrast, to commit first degree theft, one must wrongfully obtain or exert unauthorized control over another's property valued at over $1,500 with intent to deprive him of such property. [2] [1, 2] It is evident that whenever a person has violated the criminal possession of a rented motor vehicle statute he has also committed theft in the first degree. All of the elements required to be proved for a conviction of first degree theft are also elements that must be proved for conviction of criminal possession of a rented motor vehicle. We conclude that these statutes are concurrent.