{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-18-5406","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 18-5406","heading":"Ignorance of materiality no defense.","body":"It is no defense to a prosecution for perjury that the accused did not know the materiality of the false statement made by him; or that it did not, in fact, affect the proceeding in or for which it was made. It is sufficient that it was material, and might have been used to affect such proceeding.","path":["TITLE 18 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","CHAPTER 54 PERJURY AND SUBORNATION OF PERJURY"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch54/sect18-5406/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:17:01Z","sha256":"7b0876ec0b46eb446e43aea3d8d80bb557f2cc2aec5fb727e1c34fd85f896987","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-18-5405","next":"us-id/idaho-code-18-5407"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}