Idaho judge rejects Bryan Kohberger's request to delay murder trial in college student stabbings
- District Judge Steven Hippler denied Bryan Kohberger's latest request to delay his capital murder trial set in Boise, Idaho, this summer.
- The motion to delay was based on the defense needing more time to review discovery and prepare mitigation evidence amid extensive media coverage.
- The trial stems from Kohberger's November 2022 indictment for the murders of four students attending the University of Idaho at an off-campus residence in Moscow.
- Judge Hippler issued a 20-page order rejecting the delay, ruling the defense's alternate perpetrator theory is irrelevant and the case should proceed as scheduled.
- Jury selection will start August 4, and opening statements are now set for August 18, after the trial's one-week postponement, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty if convicted.
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Judge says jury in Kohberger murder trial won't hear defense theory that someone else is the real killer
Ted S. Warren-Pool/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — In a series of final rulings ahead of Bryan Kohberger’s capital murder trial, Judge Steven Hippler said lawyers for the man who could be executed, if convicted, won’t be permitted to present to the jury the theory that some unknown person is the real killer. The trial in the Idaho college killings case will begin Aug. 18, a week later than originally planned, a judge ruled Thursday. With jury se…
Jury in Bryan Kohberger trial won't hear defense theory about another killer in Idaho murders: judge
In a series of final rulings ahead of Bryan Kohberger's capital murder trial, Judge Steven Hippler said lawyers won't be permitted to present to the jury the theory that some unknown person is the real killer.


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Suspect Bryan Kohberger in the murders of four University of Idaho students might avoid the death penalty if convicted because of leaked evidence, a former prosecutor says.
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