Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 19-505 (2026)
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Contents of complaint.
The complaint must set forth the facts stated by the complaining witness, tending to establish the commission of the public offense and the guilt of the defendant.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1978–2015 · leading case: State v. Lang, 672 P.2d 561 (Idaho 1983).
State v. Lang, 672 P.2d 561 (Idaho 1983). “"This Court 45 years later, in promulgating Rules of Criminal Practice and Procedure, incorporated the spirit and intent of I.C. § 19-505 and § 19-506 (note 11 supra ) into Rule 4, which requires a finding of probable cause before a requested arrest warrant may issue.”
Struve v. Wilcox, 579 P.2d 1188 (Idaho 1978). “Where an offense is one which allegedly took place in Idaho, it has ever been the law that an arrest warrant will only be issued by a magistrate upon his being satisfied that there is probable cause (reasonable ground) to believe that the named defendant has committed the…”
Jacobsen v. State, 577 P.2d 24 (Idaho 1978). “" I.C. § 19-505. Surely Congress, in enacting 18 U.”
State v. Marvin Orellana-Castro, 351 P.3d 1215 (Idaho 2015). “See I.C. §§ 19-505, 19-1303, 19-1304, 19-1409, 19-1410, 19-1411, 19-3901; I.”
State v. Luis Adame Juarez, 356 P.3d 384 (Idaho 2015). “” 4 See also I.C. § 19-505. Third, despite the lack of a complaint and without a finding of probable cause, the magistrate court twice issued warrants which resulted in Juarez’s arrest.”
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