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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.

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Cited in 4 cases, 1992–2020 · leading case: State v. Wolfrum, 175 P.3d 206 (Idaho Ct. App. 2007).
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State v. Wolfrum, 175 P.3d 206 (Idaho Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 12× “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). · cites it 18× “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). · cites it 4× “" 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). “1915) (“[H]e who makes a positive affidavit to a particular condition thereby holds himself out as having some reasonably reliable information on the subject, and for one to swear to a fact, of the existence of which he knows himself to be entirely ignorant, is rightly held to…”
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