18-4005 PETIT TREASON ABOLISHED.

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Idaho Code › Title 18 › Chapter 40 › Section 18-4005

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18-4005. Petit treason abolished. The rules of the common law, distinguishing the killing of a master by his servant, and of a husband by his wife, as petit treason, are abolished, and these offenses are homicides, punishable in the manner prescribed by this chapter.

History:

[18-4005, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 928.]

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