Idaho Statutes
§ 18-4803 — TRUTH MAY BE PROVED — MALICE — JURY TO DETERMINE LAW AND FACT
Idaho § 18-4803
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Bluebook
Idaho Code § 18-4803 (2026).
Text
In all criminal prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it appears to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. The jury has the right to determine the law and the fact.
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Legislative History
[18-4803, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 944.]
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Bluebook (online)
Idaho § 18-4803, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/id/18-4803.