Court Opinion

ID: 9552334
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 19:08:54.899625+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:26:07.870763
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BAKES, Justice,
concurring specially:
I concur in the decision of the Court reversing this conviction. In my view, the complaint does not charge an offense, see State v. Doolittle, 58 Idaho 1, 68 P.2d 904 (1937), and State v. Grady, 89 Idaho 204, 404 P.2d 347 (1965), and therefore under Rule 12(b)(2) of the Idaho Rules of Criminal Procedure, when that defect is noticed “at any time during the pendency of the proceedings” the complaint must be dismissed. The judgment of the district court should be reversed and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the complaint for failure of the complaint to charge an offense.