8-6.01 Criminal Libel. Any person who shall maliciously publish by means of any writing, sign, picture,
effigy, or other representation, which shall include radio and television broadcasting, any falsehood intending
to expose another person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule shall be deemed guilty of criminal libel and upon
conviction thereof shall be sentenced to a period of confinement not to exceed 90 days or ordered to pay a
fine of $300, or both jail sentence and fine, and costs.
Section 8-7 Criminal Slander
8-7.01 Criminal Slander. Any person who shall maliciously utter any falsehood to a third party designed
and intended to bring another person into disrepute, hatred, contempt, or ridicule shall be deemed guilty of
criminal slander and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to a period of confinement not to exceed 90
days or ordered to pay a fine of $300, or both jail sentence and fine, and costs.
Section 8-8 Offenses Against Tribal Elders
8-8.01 Offenses Against Tribal Elders-Minimum Sentence and Fine.
(a) Anyone convicted of any offense under this chapter against an enrolled member of the Spokane
Tribe of Indians who is 60 years or older shall be sentenced to no less than 30 days in jail and
fined no less than $500.
(b) No deferral, reduction, suspension, parole or probation of the sentence shall be permitted.
Section 8-9 Electronic Harassment
8-9.01 Electronic Harassment.
(a) A person is guilty of the offense of electronic harassment if the person communicates by
telephone or other electronic device and:
(1) Willfully uses profane, vulgar, lewd, or lascivious language that a reasonable person
would find offensive; or
(2) Telephones or communicates electronically with another repeatedly, whether or not
conversation ensues, for the purpose of abusing, annoying, threatening, terrifying,
harassing or embarrassing any person at the called number; or
(3) Threatens to inflict bodily harm or death to any person, or physical injury to the
property of any person, or for any other purpose unlawful under the code, and the
threat is made in a manner and under circumstances that would cause a reasonable
person to believe that the threat is likely to be carried out; or
(4) Knowingly permits any telephone or electronic device under the person’s control to be
used for any purposes prohibited by this section.
(b) A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $5000.00 or
imprisonment of not more than one year, or both.
Section 8-11 Criminal Homicide
8-11.01 Criminal Homicide
(a) A person commits criminal homicide if, without justification or excuse, the person intentionally,
knowingly, through omission, recklessly, through procurement or with criminal negligence
causes the death at any time of another human being.
(1) “Human being” means a person who has been born and was alive at the time of the
criminal act.
(b) Any person who commits the act described in (a) shall be guilty of criminal homicide, unless;
(1) Committed by accident or misfortune in doing any lawful act by lawful means, without
criminal negligence, or without any unlawful intent; or
(2) Committed in the lawful defense of the accused, or his or her husband, wife, parent,
child, brother, or sister, or of any other person in his presence or company, when there
is reasonable ground to apprehend a design on the part of the person slain to do some
great personal injury to the accused or to any such person, and there is imminent
danger of such design being accomplished.
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