Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 18-5408 (2026)
Unqualified statement of unknown fact.
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Unqualified statement of unknown fact.
An unqualified statement of that which one does not know to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which one knows to be false.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1992–2020 · leading case: State v. Wolfrum, 175 P.3d 206 (Idaho Ct. App. 2007).
State v. Wolfrum, 175 P.3d 206 (Idaho Ct. App. 2007). “21 which, quoting from I.C. § 18-5408, stated: “An unqualified statement of that which one does not know to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which one knows to be false.”
State v. McBride, 846 P.2d 914 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). “Further, we find no merit in McBride’s assignments of error relating to the court’s instructions to the jury.”
State v. Marsalis, 264 P.3d 979 (Idaho Ct. App. 2011). “" I.C. § 18-5408. See also State v. Wolfrum, 145 Idaho 44, 46 , 175 P.”
Ho Yim v. William Barr, 972 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 2020). “10 The federal perjury statute likewise incorporates this principle; it refers to statements of “any material matter which [the declarant] does not believe to be true,” 18 U.S.C.”
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