IMPERSONATION
The crime of pretending to be another individual in
order to deceive others and gain some advantage.
The crime of false impersonation is defined
by federal statutes and by state statutes that dif-
fer from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In some
states, pretending to be someone who does not
actually exist can constitute false impersonation.
For example, suppose Bill attempts to evade
prosecution for a crime by giving the arresting
officer a fictitious name and address. In Col-
orado, where “[a] person who knowingly
assumes a false or fictitious identity and, under
