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2018 Idaho Statutes
Title 19 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 21 - TRIAL
Section 19-2116 - FALSE PRETENSE — SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE.
Universal Citation: ID Code § 19-2116 (2018)
19-2116. FALSE PRETENSE — SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE. Upon a trial for having with intent to cheat or defraud another designedly, by any false pretense, obtained the signature of any person to a written instrument, or having obtained from any person, any money, personal property, or valuable thing, the defendant cannot be convicted if the false pretense was expressed in language, unaccompanied by a false token or writing, unless the pretense or some note or memorandum thereof be in writing, subscribed by or in the hand writing of the defendant, or unless the pretense be proven by the testimony of two (2) witnesses, or that of one (1) witness and corroborating circumstances; but this section shall not apply to a prosecution for falsely representing or personating another, and, in such assumed character, marrying, or receiving any money or property.
History:
[19-2116, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 8, p. 989.]
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