TITLE 18

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

CHAPTER 14

BURGLARY

18-1401A.  commercial burglary defined.  Any person who commits a burglary as defined in section 18-1401, Idaho Code, with the intent to commit theft and the theft is from a commercial retailer during business hours and the amount of the theft is under three hundred dollars ($300) is guilty of commercial burglary. Any person who pleads guilty to, or is found guilty of, a violation of this section for the first time is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be sentenced to a jail sentence not to exceed six (6) months, a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. Any person who pleads guilty to, or is found guilty of, a violation of this section who previously has been found guilty of, or has pled guilty to, a violation of the provisions of this section within five (5) years is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be sentenced to a jail sentence not to exceed one (1) year, a fine of two thousand dollars ($2,000), or both. Any person who pleads guilty to, or is found guilty of, a violation of this section who previously has been found guilty of, or has pled guilty to, two (2) or more violations of the provisions of this section within five (5) years, notwithstanding the form of the judgments or withheld judgments, shall be guilty of a felony.

History:

[18-1401A, added 2020, ch. 219, sec. 2, p. 651; am. 2021, ch. 185, sec. 2, p. 508.]