A felony is a crime which is punishable with death or by imprisonment in the state prison. An infraction is a civil public offense, not constituting a crime, which is punishable only by a penalty not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) and for which no period of incarceration may be imposed. Every other crime is a misdemeanor. When a crime punishable by imprisonment in the state prison is also punishable by fine or imprisonment in a county jail, in the discretion of the court, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor for all purposes after a judgment imposing a punishment other than imprisonment in the state prison.
Idaho Code § 18-111
Felony, misdemeanor and infraction defined
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Jones v. State (2011)
Most recently applied in Bell v. City of Boise (January 2014)
I.C., § 18-111, as added by 1972, ch. 336, § 1, p. 844; am. 1982, ch. 353, § 6, p. 874; am. 2014, ch. 236, § 1, p. 596.
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