Idaho Statutes

§ 18-901 — ASSAULT DEFINED

Idaho § 18-901
JurisdictionIdaho
Title 18CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Ch. 9ASSAULT AND BATTERY

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Idaho Code § 18-901 (2026).

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An assault is:

(a)An unlawful attempt, coupled with apparent ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another; or
(b)An intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with an apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in such other person that such violence is imminent.

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Legislative History

[18-901, added 1979, ch. 227, sec. 2, p. 624.]

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