Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 19-2131 (2026)
Decision of questions of law and fact in other trials — Jury bound by instructions.
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Decision of questions of law and fact in other trials — Jury bound by instructions.
On the trial of an indictment for any other offense than libel, questions of law are to be decided by the court, questions of fact by the jury; and although the jury have the power to find a general verdict, which includes questions of law as well as of fact, they are bound, nevertheless, to receive as law what is laid down as such by the court.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1953–1973 · leading case: State v. Owen, 253 P.2d 203 (Idaho 1953).
State v. Owen, 253 P.2d 203 (Idaho 1953). “§ 19-2131, I.C. "This court, through a long line of decisions, has repeatedly held that where the evidence is in conflict but is sufficient to support a conviction, the verdict of the jury, whose exclusive province it is to pass on the facts, will not be disturbed.”
Carey v. State, 429 P.2d 836 (Idaho 1967). “The distinction thus probes the killer’s intent, which of course *710 requires interpretation of the circumstances surrounding the murder.”
State v. Shannon, 507 P.2d 808 (Idaho 1973). “See I.C. §§ 19-2131, 19-2132. 16 . State v. Ross, supra, note 12 , 92 Idaho at 714 , 449 P.”
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