{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-19-3002","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 19-3002","heading":"Husband and wife as witnesses.","body":"Neither husband nor wife are competent witnesses for or against each other in a criminal action or proceeding to which one or both are parties, except:\n1. With the consent of both, or\n2. In cases of criminal violence upon one by the other; or acts of physical injury upon a child of either the husband or the wife where the injury has been caused as a result of physical abuse or neglect by one or both of the parents; or to acts or attempted acts of lewd conduct with a minor child; or\n3. In cases of desertion or nonsupport of wife or child by the husband.","path":["TITLE 19 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 30 WITNESSES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title19/t19ch30/sect19-3002/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:17:18Z","sha256":"133a5c66941ca912dfafbb830c1590a605fbeba7b8716365c7b6b4aa66fc1ad3","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-19-3001","next":"us-id/idaho-code-19-3003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}