Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 18-4502 (2026)
First degree kidnapping — Ransom.
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First degree kidnapping — Ransom.
Any kidnapping committed for the purpose of obtaining money, property or any other thing of value for the return or disposition of such person kidnapped, or committed for the purpose of raping, or committing serious bodily injury upon the person kidnapped, or committing any lewd and lascivious act upon any child under the age of sixteen (16) years with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of any person, shall be kidnapping in the first degree.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases, 1988–2018 · leading case: State v. Erik Virgil Hall, 419 P.3d 1042 (Idaho 2018).
State v. Erik Virgil Hall, 419 P.3d 1042 (Idaho 2018). “Consequently, Idaho Code section 18-4003(d)’s inclusion of “kidnapping” as an underlying felony does not refer to first-degree kidnapping in Idaho Code section 18-4502 but to kidnapping in Idaho Code section 18-4501. Thus, Hall’s first-degree kidnapping charge does not merge…”
State v. Norton, 11 P.3d 494 (Idaho Ct. App. 2000). “§ 18-6101, and first degree kidnapping, I.C. § 18-4502. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.”
State v. Campbell, 757 P.2d 230 (Idaho Ct. App. 1988). “" Thus, when Atwood was detained against his will in Campbell's house, the crime of kidnapping was complete. That he was also beaten neither adds to nor detracts from the completion of the kidnapping.”
State v. Medrano, 844 P.2d 1364 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). “I.C. § 18-4502. Medrano was sentenced to an indeterminate term of life, with a fixed term in prison of eighteen years.”
Rhoades v. Henry, 638 F.3d 1027 (9th Cir. 2011). “Death is not an element of first degree kidnapping in Idaho, Idaho Code § 18-4502 . The death penalty may be imposed if the sentencing court finds at least one of several aggravating factors, none of which requires death.”
Cooke v. State, 233 P.3d 164 (Idaho Ct. App. 2010). “Cooke was charged with first degree kidnapping, Idaho Code § 18-4502 , aggravated battery, I.”
State v. Nelson, 953 P.2d 650 (Idaho Ct. App. 1998). “or in any way held to service or kept or detained against his will,” as well as I.C. § 18-4502, which provides that kidnapping committed with the purpose of committing a lewd and lascivious act upon a child under the age of sixteen is kidnapping in the first degree.”
State v. Bryant, 896 P.2d 350 (Idaho Ct. App. 1995). “§ 18-6501; kidnapping, I.C. § 18-4502; rape, I.C. § 18-6101(4); and infamous crime against nature, I.”
Medrano v. State, 903 P.2d 1336 (Idaho Ct. App. 1995). “I.C. § 18-4502. The judgment of conviction and sentence imposed by the district court were upheld on an earlier appeal.”
Rhoades v. Henry, 596 F.3d 1170 (9th Cir. 2010). “Death is not an element of first degree kidnapping in Idaho, Idaho Code § 18-4502 . The death penalty may be imposed if the sentencing court finds at least one of several aggravating factors, none of which requires death.”
State v. Joe Fred Ransom (Idaho Ct. App. 2017). “Idaho Code §§ 18-4502 , 18-6101(5). The district court sentenced Ransom to concurrent unified sentences of life with ten years determinate.”
Eluith S. Delgado v. State (Idaho Ct. App. 2012). “FACTS AND PROCEDURAL Delgado pled guilty to first degree kidnapping, Idaho Code § 18-4502 . In exchange for his guilty plea, the State dismissed a rape charge and agreed not to seek a habitual offender enhancement.”
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