Terms Used In Idaho Code 19-3112

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
When a material witness for a defendant, under a criminal charge, is a prisoner in the state prison, or in the county jail of a county other than that in which the defendant is to be tried, his deposition may be taken on behalf of the defendant, in the same manner provided in the case of a witness who is sick, and the provisions of this chapter, so far as applicable, govern in the application for, and in the taking and use of, such deposition. Such deposition may be taken before any magistrate or notary public of the county in which the jail or prison is situated. Every officer before whom testimony is taken by virtue hereof shall have authority to administer, and must administer, an oath to the witness that his testimony shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.