18-4504. PUNISHMENT — LIBERATION OF KIDNAPPED PERSON. 1. Every person guilty of kidnapping in the first degree shall suffer death or be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life, provided a sentence of death shall not be imposed unless the prosecuting attorney filed written notice of intent to seek the death penalty as required under the provisions of section 18-4504A, Idaho Code, and provided further that the sentence of death shall not be imposed if prior to its imposition the kidnapped person has been liberated unharmed.
2. Kidnapping in the second degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than one (1) nor more than twenty-five (25) years.
History:
[18-4504, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 937; am. 1980, ch. 298, sec. 1, p. 775; am. 2000, ch. 126, sec. 1, p. 300.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Section 18-4501 - KIDNAPING DEFINED.
Section 18-4502 - FIRST DEGREE KIDNAPPING — RANSOM.
Section 18-4503 - SECOND DEGREE KIDNAPING WHEN NOT FOR RANSOM.
Section 18-4504 - PUNISHMENT — LIBERATION OF KIDNAPPED PERSON.
Section 18-4504A - NOTICE OF INTENT TO SEEK DEATH PENALTY.
Section 18-4506 - CHILD CUSTODY INTERFERENCE DEFINED — DEFENSES — PUNISHMENT.
Section 18-4507 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 18-4508 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 18-4509 - MISSING CHILD REPORTS — LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES — DUTIES.
Section 18-4510 - BIRTH RECORDS OF MISSING CHILDREN — STATE REGISTRAR’S DUTIES.