Idaho Code § 18-8504

Recruiting criminal gang members

Known as the Idaho Criminal Gang Enforcement Act

The act spans §§ 18–18 (6 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Manzanares (2012)

Most recently applied in 95 So. 3d 344 - Enoch v. State (July 2012)

I.C., § 18-8504, as added by 2006, ch. 184, § 1, p. 582.

(1) A person commits the offense of recruiting criminal gang members by: Knowingly soliciting, inviting, encouraging or otherwise causing a person to actively participate in a criminal gang; or

(2) Knowingly using force, threats, violence or intimidation directed at any person, or by the infliction of bodily injury upon any person, to actively participate in a criminal gang.

(3) A person convicted of a violation of this section shall be imprisoned for a term not to exceed ten (10) years.

(4) This section shall not be construed to limit prosecution under any other provision of law.

Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.