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Idaho Code § 18-4503 (2026)

Second degree kidnaping when not for ransom. 

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Second degree kidnaping when not for ransom. 

Every other kidnaping committed shall be kidnaping in the second degree.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1975–2025 · leading case: State v. Oxford, 473 P.3d 784 (Idaho 2020).
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State v. Oxford, 473 P.3d 784 (Idaho 2020). · cites it 2× “§ 18-1401, and Kidnapping in the Second Degree, I.C. § 18-4503. Oxford moved to continue the preliminary hearing to allow for a competency evaluation pursuant to Idaho Code section 18-211.”
State v. Dalrymple, 167 P.3d 765 (Idaho 2007). · cites it 2× “§ 18-1506, two counts of second-degree kidnapping, I.C. § 18-4503, and several misdemeanors.”
Ronald Eddington v. State, 405 P.3d 597 (Idaho Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “The State charged Eddington with second degree kidnapping pursuant to Idaho Code § 18-4503 , burglary pursuant to I.”
State v. White, 551 P.2d 1344 (Idaho 1976). “§ 18-4503 provides: “Second degree kidnapping when not for ransom.”
State v. Leyva, 788 P.2d 863 (Idaho Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 18-4503. Leyva was resentenced to the same concurrent unified sentences.”
State v. Anderson, 721 P.2d 221 (Idaho Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “Upon a plea of guilty, Richard Anderson was convicted of second degree kidnapping, I.C. § 18-4503. In return for the plea the prosecutor dismissed a charge of lewd conduct with a male child under the age of sixteen, I.”
State v. Jackson, 532 P.2d 926 (Idaho 1975). “§ 18-4501 and § 18-4503. The information alleged that on or about June 10, 1973, in the county of Shoshone, Ronald H.”
Crist v. Clifford (D. Idaho 2024). · cites it 4× “§ 8-4502, first degree kidnapping committed for the purpose of rape or for committing any lewd and lascivious act upon any child under the age of sixteen, or for purposes of sexual gratification or arousal; and I.C. § 18-4503, second-degree kidnapping where the victim is an…”
State v. Crist (Idaho 2025). · cites it 4× “Damon Victor Crist contends the district court erred in denying his motion to dismiss a failure to register charge because Idaho law did not permit the magistrate court to determine that his out-of-state kidnapping conviction was substantially equivalent to Idaho’s second degree…”
State v. Robert Manuel Cerino (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 18-4503. The district court sentenced Cerino to a unified term of ten years, with a minimum period of confinement of five years.”
State v. Vannessa Jo Christensen (Idaho Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Idaho Code §§ 18-4503 , 18-204. The district court sentenced Christensen to a unified term of ten years with four years determinate.”
State v. Nicholai, III (Idaho Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “Nicolai, III was found guilty of second degree kidnapping and rape, Idaho Code §§ 18-4503 , 18-6101. The district court imposed concurrent sentences of twenty-five years determinate for second degree kidnapping and determinate life for rape.”
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