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Idaho Code § 18-2001 (2026)

Definition of solicitation. 

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Definition of solicitation. 

A person is guilty of criminal solicitation to commit a crime if with the purpose of promoting or facilitating its commission he solicits, importunes, commands, encourages or requests another person to engage in specific conduct which would constitute such crime or an attempt to commit such crime or which would establish complicity in its commission or attempted commission.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1991–2022 · leading case: State v. Manzanares, 272 P.3d 382 (Idaho 2012).
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State v. Manzanares, 272 P.3d 382 (Idaho 2012). · cites it 4× “visions of chapter 27, title 37, Idaho Code, that involves possession with intent to deliver, distribution, delivery or manufacturing of a substance prohibited therein; (f) Any unlawful use of a weapon that is a felony pursuant to chapter 33, title 18, Idaho Code; (g) Assault…”
State v. Grazian, 164 P.3d 790 (Idaho 2007). · cites it 4× “§ 18-5613 can be combined with the general solicitation statute in I.C. § 18-2001 and seemingly apply to the same behavior as procurement of prostitution.”
State v. Johnson, 816 P.2d 364 (Idaho Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 18-2001. The infamous crime against nature has been defined to include unnatural carnal copulations committed per os or per anum.”
United States v. Helaman Hansen, 40 F.4th 1049 (9th Cir. 2022). “§ 13-1002 (A) (“commands, encourages, requests or solicits”); Idaho Code Ann. § 18-2001 (“solicits, importunes, commands, encourages or requests”); Haw.”
State v. Weaver, 516 P.3d 108 (Idaho 2022). “The State charged Weaver with solicitation of murder in violation of Idaho Code sections 18-2001 and 18-4001. A two-day jury trial commenced on March 5, 2020.”
State v. Thompson, 33 P.3d 213 (Idaho Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “Wendall was charged with unlawful taking of wildlife, Idaho Code § 36-1101 (a); Laura with criminal solicitation of a crime, I.C. § 18-2001; and Palmer with aiding in the commission of a misdemeanor, I.”
State v. Enrique Lomeli Rodriguez, 386 P.3d 509 (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Based upon these recorded conversations, the State charged Rodriguez with witness intimidation, Idaho Code § 18-2604 (3); solicitation to commit witness intimidation, I.C § 18-2001; and violation of a no-contact order, I.”
State v. Roy Eugene Parker (Idaho Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “44825), Idaho Code § 18-918 (3)(b), and solicitation to commit the crime of intimidating a witness, a felony, I.C. §§ 18-2001, 18-2604 (Docket No. 44826).”
State v. Anaya (Idaho Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “§ 18-3316); and solicitation to commit a crime (I.C. § 18-2001) for allegedly soliciting a friend to contact the victims and deter them from testifying.”
State v. Nicholas James Longee (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “§ 18-3316; solicitation of grand theft by disposing of stolen property, I.C. §§ 18-2001, 18-2403(4), and 18-2407; and being a persistent violator of the law, I.”
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