Idaho Code
Idaho Code

Idaho Code § 19-901 (2026)

Indictment or information. 

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IClegislature.idaho.gov Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Indictment or information. 

All public offenses triable in the district court must be prosecuted by indictment, or information, except as provided in the next section.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2012–2019 · leading case: Warren v. Craven, 271 P.3d 725 (Idaho Ct. App. 2012).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Warren v. Craven, 271 P.3d 725 (Idaho Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury or on information of the public prosecutor _” (emphasis added)); I.C. § 19-901; I.C.R. 7(a). Informations have long been held to be of equal dignity with indictments, Subject to the limitations that a defendant may only be…”
State v. White (Idaho Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to the plea agreement, White agreed to plead guilty to the amended charge of aggravated assault, Idaho Code §§ 19-901 (b), 18-905, and the State agreed to dismiss the persistent violator enhancement.”
Marcus Roberts v. Randy Blades (Idaho Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “Furthermore, even if we assume without deciding that the claim was properly raised, on any felony criminal charge, the State may proceed by indictment or information. IDAHO CONST. art. I, § 8 (No person shall be held to answer for any felony unless on presentment or indictment…”
William Gordon Parks, Jr. v. Idaho Parole Comm'n (Idaho Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “” (emphasis added)); I.C. § 19-901; I.C.R. 7(a). Informations have long been held to be of equal dignity with indictments, subject to the limitations that a defendant may only be accused by information after commitment by a magistrate and that an information cannot be issued if…”
Sergey Kalashnikov v. State (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 19-901 (“All public offenses triable in the district court must be prosecuted by indictment, or information.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.