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Idaho Code § 18-1508 (2026)

Lewd conduct with minor child under sixteen. 

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Lewd conduct with minor child under sixteen. 

Any person who shall commit any lewd or lascivious act or acts upon or with the body or any part or member thereof of a minor child under the age of sixteen (16) years, including but not limited to, genital-genital contact, oral-genital contact, anal-genital contact, oral-anal contact, manual-anal contact, or manual-genital contact, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex, or who shall involve such minor child in any act of bestiality or sado-masochism as defined in section 18-1507, Idaho Code, when any of such acts are done with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of such person, such minor child, or third party, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not more than life.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 661 cases (82 in the last 5 years), 1984–2026 · leading case: State v. Flegel, 261 P.3d 519 (Idaho 2011).
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State v. Flegel, 261 P.3d 519 (Idaho 2011). · cites it 112× “The statute pursuant to which the appellant was convicted and the jury instructed, I.C. § 18-1508, specifically includes "oral-genital contact" and "anal-genital contact" as lewd and lascivious acts.”
State v. O'NEILL, 796 P.2d 121 (Idaho 1990). · cites it 24× “On December 21, 1987, a Complaint was filed by the Ada County prosecutor charging O'Neill with two counts of lewd conduct with a minor which allegedly occurred between January and June 1983, in violation of I.C. § 18-1508. Following a preliminary hearing, O'Neill was bound over…”
Downing v. State, 33 P.3d 841 (Idaho Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 8× “Idaho Code § 18-1508 provides: Any person who shall commit any lewd or lascivious act or acts upon or with the body or any part or member thereof of a minor child under the age of sixteen (16) years, including but not limited to, genital-genital contact, oral-genital contact,…”
State v. Fodge, 824 P.2d 123 (Idaho 1992). · cites it 8× “The appellant was convicted of the crime of lewd conduct with a minor or child under the age of sixteen (16), in violation of I.C. § 18-1508. The district court sentenced the appellant to a fixed term of thirty (30) years and a maximum term of life in prison.”
State v. Kavajecz, 80 P.3d 1083 (Idaho 2003). · cites it 10× “Kavajeez argues that this act is not lewd conduct as defined by I.C. § 18-1508. Section 18-1508 of the Idaho Code defining lewd conduct with a minor under the age of sixteen reads: Any person who shall commit any lewd or lascivious act or acts upon or with the body or any part…”
State v. Thompson, 977 P.2d 890 (Idaho 1999). · cites it 18× “Thompson argues that because his previous conviction of sexual battery, I.C. § 18-1508, is defined as a "crime of violence" by the legislature in I.”
State v. Field, 165 P.3d 273 (Idaho 2007). · cites it 4× “In September 2003 the State filed a complaint against Field for lewd conduct with a child under sixteen, I.C. § 18-1508. After the complaint was filed, Field made a phone call to T.”
State v. Glodowski, 463 P.3d 405 (Idaho 2020). · cites it 13× “SORA also provides that its provisions “shall apply to any person” who meets one of the following definitions: (a) On or after July 1, 1993, is convicted of the crime, or an attempt, a solicitation, or a conspiracy to commit a crime provided for in [listing various sections of…”
State v. Jeske, 436 P.3d 683 (Idaho 2019). · cites it 4× “") In O'Neill , the defendant was charged with violating Idaho Code section 18-1508, lewd conduct with a minor.”
Gonzales v. State, 254 P.3d 69 (Idaho Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “I.C. § 18-1508. Prior to sentencing, the district court ordered Gonzales to undergo to a psychosexual evaluation.”
State v. David Leon Johnson, 414 P.3d 234 (Idaho 2018). · cites it 4× “FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On August, 24, 2005, Johnson was indicted on three counts of lewd conduct with a minor child under sixteen pursuant to Idaho Code section 18-1508. He allegedly committed these offenses against his daughter (“A.”
Travis David Knox v. State, 404 P.3d 1280 (Idaho Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 18× “Lewd conduct with a minor child under sixteen is defined by Idaho Code § 18-1508 as: Any person who shall commit any lewd or lascivious act or acts upon or with the body or any part or member thereof of a minor child under the age of sixteen (16) years, including but not limited…”
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— Idaho Code § 18-1508(1)(a) — 1 case
State v. William Floyd Martin (Idaho Ct. App. 2015).
— Idaho Code § 18-1508(A) — 1 case
State v. Pratt (Idaho Ct. App. 2019).
— Idaho Code § 18-1508(a) — 1 case
Brian Cobler v. State (Idaho Ct. App. 2012).
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