ICJI 921

In order for the defendant to be guilty of Forcible Penetration by Foreign Object, the State must prove each of the following:

1. On or about [date]

2. in the State of Idaho

3. the defendant [name] caused an object, instrument, or device, that is, a [item], to penetrate the [genital] [or] [anal] opening of [name or initials of victim]

4. for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification, or abuse, and[5. the penetration was against [name of person]'s will, and

6. the penetration was accomplished [by the use of force or violence] [or] [by duress] [or] [by threats of immediate and great bodily harm, accompanied by the apparent power to inflict such harm].]

[or]

[5. [name of person] was incapable, through any unsoundness of mind, whether temporary or permanent, of giving legal consent.]

[or]

[5. the penetration was against [name of person]’s will, and

6.[name of person] was prevented from resistance by any [intoxicating] [narcotic] or [anesthetic] substance.]

If any of the above has not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, you must find the defendant not guilty. If each of the above has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt, then you must find the defendant guilty.

Comment

I.C. § 18–6604. See State v. Browning, 123 Idaho 748, 852 P.2d 500 (Ct. App. 1993) (finger is an object); State v. Ericson, 566 P.3d 468, 473 (Idaho Ct. App. 2025) (affirming conviction for forcible penetration by use of a foreign object when object was finger).