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Idaho Code § 19-1408 (2026)

First pleading is indictment. 

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First pleading is indictment. 

The first pleading on the part of the people is the indictment.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1975–2015 · leading case: State v. Azad Haji Abdullah, 348 P.3d 1 (Idaho 2015).
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State v. Azad Haji Abdullah, 348 P.3d 1 (Idaho 2015). · cites it 2× “Idaho Criminal Rule 7(b) and Idaho Code section 19-1408(2) are therefore inapplicable because those provisions pertain to the facts and allegations that must be stated in an indictment.”
State v. Jackson, 532 P.2d 926 (Idaho 1975). · cites it 2× “” I.C. § 19-1408. Therefore, I.C. § 19-1712 applies to pleas to an information as well as to an indictment returned by a grand jury.”
State v. Salisbury, 147 P.3d 108 (Idaho Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “11 provides only that a defendant may plead guilty or not guilty or, upon approval of the court and the consent of the prosecuting attorney, may enter a conditional plea of guilty.”
Idaho Code § 19-1408(2): 1 case
State v. Azad Haji Abdullah, 348 P.3d 1 (Idaho 2015). “Idaho Criminal Rule 7(b) and Idaho Code section 19-1408(2) are therefore inapplicable because those provisions pertain to the facts and allegations that must be stated in an indictment.”
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