Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 18-6503 (2026)
Punishment for robbery.
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Punishment for robbery.
Robbery is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than five (5) years, and the imprisonment may be extended to life.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 62
cases, 1964–2018 · leading case: State v. Lopez, 680 P.2d 869 (Idaho Ct. App. 1984).
State v. Lopez, 680 P.2d 869 (Idaho Ct. App. 1984). “§ 18-1403); and two terms of life for the robbery counts (I.C. § 18-6503). The concurrent fifteen-year, indeterminate sentences he actually received were well within the statutory limits.”
State v. Pierce, 685 P.2d 837 (Idaho Ct. App. 1984). “The presentence report shows that Pierce, who was twenty-seven years old when the robbery was committed, had compiled an exceptionally long prior record of juvenile violations, misdemeanors (including assaults and batteries) and felonies.”
State v. Thompson, 614 P.2d 970 (Idaho 1980). “The State lastly argues that in reality the assault with a deadly weapon was the greater offense because the penalty is greater. We do not agree.”
State v. Harrington, 990 P.2d 144 (Idaho Ct. App. 1999). “For example, I.C. § 18-6503 provides that robbery is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than five (5) years, and the imprisonment may be extended to life, the same language of the persistent violator enhancement.”
State v. Kysar, 783 P.2d 859 (Idaho 1989). “Kysar argues that the sentencing court should have devised a plan that combined incarceration with meaningful treatment for stress stemming from attention deficit disorder.”
State v. Seifart, 597 P.2d 44 (Idaho 1979). “Pursuant to I.C. § 18-6503, the district court sentenced the appellant to the custody of the Idaho State Board of Corrections for “an indeterminate period of time not to exceed the rest of his natural life.”
State v. Cotton, 602 P.2d 71 (Idaho 1979). “" [6] The statutes provide for the following sentences: robbery, 5 years to life (I.C. § 18-6503); attempted infamous crime against nature, attempt is one half (1/2) the longest term of imprisonment prescribed on conviction of the offense attempted (I.”
Hays v. State, 747 P.2d 758 (Idaho Ct. App. 1987). “§ 18-6608; and for other felonies committed by a persistent violator, I.”
State v. Martinez, 723 P.2d 825 (Idaho 1986). “ven for the following crimes: Lewd conduct with minor or child under sixteen, Idaho Code § 18-1508 ; First Degree murder, Idaho Code § 18-4004 ; Administering poison with intent to kill, Idaho Code § 18-4014 ; First degree kidnapping, Idaho Code § 18-4504 ; Obstruction or…”
State v. Hayes, 824 P.2d 163 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). “In Haggard , the defendant pled guilty to robbery under I.C. § 18-6503, which provided that all robberies should be “punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than five (5) years.”
State v. Shideler, 651 P.2d 527 (Idaho 1982). “I.C. § 18-6503. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge of armed robbery, and was subsequently sentenced to the Idaho State Correctional Institution for an indeterminate term not to exceed twenty years.”
State v. James Butler Ramsey, 364 P.3d 1200 (Idaho Ct. App. 2015). “Idaho Code § 18-6503 sets forth the following punishment for robbery: “Robbery is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than five (5) years, and the imprisonment may be extended to life.”
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