Title 19 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

19-4301. County coroner to investigate deaths. (1) When a county coroner is informed that a person has died, the county coroner shall investigate that death if: (a) The death is a suspected homicide, suicide, or occurring under suspicious or unknown circumstances; (b) The death a…

19-4301A. Deaths to be reported to law enforcement officials and coroner. (1) Where any death occurs which would be subject to investigation by the coroner under section 19-4301(1), Idaho Code, the person who finds or has custody of the body shall promptly notify either the coron…

19-4301B. Performance of autopsies. (1) The coroner may, in the performance of his duties under this chapter, summon a forensic pathologist authorized to practice medicine and surgery in the state of Idaho to inspect the body and give a professional opinion as to the cause of dea…

19-4301C. Release of body. Where a body is held for investigation or autopsy under this act the coroner shall, if requested by next of kin, release the body for funeral preparation not later than 24 hours after death or discovery of the body, whichever is later. Any district judg…

19-4301D. Coroner to make reports. When the cause and manner of death is established under the provisions of this chapter the coroner shall make and file a written report of the material facts concerning the cause and manner of death in the office of the clerk of the district cou…

19-4302. Jurors to be sworn. When six (6) or more of the jurors attend, they must be sworn by the coroner to inquire who the person was, and when, where, and by what means he came to his death, and into the circumstances attending his death, and to render a true verdict thereon, …

19-4303. Examination of witnesses. Coroners may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable forthwith, or at such time and place as they may appoint, which may be served by any competent person. They must summon and examine as witnesses every person who, in their opinion, or that o…

19-4304. Compelling attendance of witnesses. A witness served with a subpoena may be compelled to attend and testify, or punished by the coroner for disobedience, in like manner as upon a subpoena issued by a magistrate judge.

19-4305. Verdict of jury. After hearing the testimony, the jury must render their verdict and certify the same by an inquisition in writing, signed by them, and setting forth who the person killed is, and when, where, and by what means he came to his death; and if he was killed, …

19-4306. Reduction of testimony to writing. The testimony of the witnesses examined before the coroner’s jury must be reduced to writing by the coroner, or under his direction, and forthwith filed by him with the inquisition, in the office of the clerk of the district court of th…

19-4307. Transmission of testimony to magistrate. If, however, the person charged with the commission of the offense is arrested before the inquisition can be filed, the coroner must deliver the same, with the testimony taken, to the magistrate before whom such person may be brou…

19-4308. Warrant for arrest of accused. If the jury find that the person was killed by another, under circumstances not excusable or justifiable by law, or that his death was occasioned by the act of another by criminal means, and the party committing the act is ascertained by th…

19-4309. Form of warrant. The coroner’s warrant must be in substantially the following form: County of ….. The state of Idaho, to any sheriff, constable, marshal, or policeman in this state: An inquisition having been this day found by a coroner’s jury before me, stating that A.B…

19-4310. Service of warrant. The coroner’s warrant may be served in any county, and the officer serving it must proceed thereon, in all respects, as upon a warrant of arrest on an information before a magistrate; when served in another county it need not be indorsed by a magistra…