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Idaho Code § 18-8504 (2026)

Recruiting criminal gang members. 

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Recruiting criminal gang members. 

(1) A person commits the offense of recruiting criminal gang members by:

(a)  Knowingly soliciting, inviting, encouraging or otherwise causing a person to actively participate in a criminal gang; or
(b)  Knowingly using force, threats, violence or intimidation directed at any person, or by the infliction of bodily injury upon any person, to actively participate in a criminal gang.
(2)  A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be imprisoned for a term not to exceed ten (10) years.
(3)  This section shall not be construed to limit prosecution under any other provision of law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2011–2019 · leading case: State v. Manzanares, 272 P.3d 382 (Idaho 2012).
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State v. Manzanares, 272 P.3d 382 (Idaho 2012). · cites it 60× “" Idaho Code § 18-8504 (1)(a). [2] Count I of the Information (the "Recruiting Charge"), alleged that Manzanares, from about September 21, 2006, until about February 2, 2007, "did knowingly solicit, invite, encourage or otherwise cause a person to actively participate in a…”
Enoch v. State, 95 So. 3d 344 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). “” Idaho Code Ann. § 18-8504 (1)(a) (2007). Like the Florida statute, the Idaho law defined “criminal gang” as an ongoing group of three or more persons, with common identifying elements.”
State v. Garcia (Idaho Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “I.C. §§ 18-8504, 18-8505, and 18-1701. The district court sentenced Garcia to a unified term of ten years, with a minimum period of confinement of six years.”
State v. Cesar Martinez Chavez (Idaho Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “________________________________________________ Before GRATTON, Chief Judge; LANSING, Judge; and GUTIERREZ, Judge PER CURIAM Cesar Martinez Chavez pled guilty to Count I: Conspiracy to Recruit Criminal Gang Members, Idaho Code §§ 18-8504 , 18-1701; Count II: Conspiracy to…”
State v. Priscilla Marie Gomez (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “________________________________________________ Before GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge; LANSING, Judge; and GRATTON, Judge PER CURIAM Priscilla Marie Gomez was convicted of conspiracy to recruit gang members, Idaho Code §§ 18-8504 , 18-1701. The district court sentenced Gomez to a…”
— Idaho Code § 18-8504(1) — 1 case
State v. Manzanares, 272 P.3d 382 (Idaho 2012). “" Idaho Code § 18-8504 (1)(a). [2] Count I of the Information (the "Recruiting Charge"), alleged that Manzanares, from about September 21, 2006, until about February 2, 2007, "did knowingly solicit, invite, encourage or otherwise cause a person to actively participate in a…”
— Idaho Code § 18-8504(1)(a) — 1 case
State v. Manzanares, 272 P.3d 382 (Idaho 2012). “" Idaho Code § 18-8504 (1)(a). [2] Count I of the Information (the "Recruiting Charge"), alleged that Manzanares, from about September 21, 2006, until about February 2, 2007, "did knowingly solicit, invite, encourage or otherwise cause a person to actively participate in a…”
— Idaho Code § 18-8504(l)(a) — 1 case
State v. Manzanares, 272 P.3d 382 (Idaho 2012). “" Idaho Code § 18-8504 (1)(a). [2] Count I of the Information (the "Recruiting Charge"), alleged that Manzanares, from about September 21, 2006, until about February 2, 2007, "did knowingly solicit, invite, encourage or otherwise cause a person to actively participate in a…”
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