Judge in Idaho student murders demands the case of records that are held according to Leck

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A judge who accused the pre -judicial hearings for Bryan Kohberger, the former student of criminology, who accused in November 2022, to keep the public prosecutor's office and defender of Idaho, which was accused in November 2022, on Thursday last week to maintain an obvious leak.

Judge Steven Hippler also asked for further information on a proposed defense argument that there will be possible “alternative perpetrators” during one of the last hearings before the procedure in the course of this summer.

The 30 -year -old Kohberger was seen on Thursday morning in the courtroom on a live stream in the courtroom, who sits between his lawyers and wore a white shirt and a dark, patterned tie.

He sees himself in the deaths of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, which were fatally stabbed in a house outside of the campus in Moscow, Idaho, four charges of the first degree on the first degree.

Kohberger was arrested in his home country Pennsylvania over a month later. A non -guilty request was entered in his name in May 2023.

The strict case has taken the public and was already presented in several documentaries for true crime. The prosecutors have not presented his potential motif, and a comprehensive gag arrangement has prevented the parties from speaking publicly, which has every pre -judicial hearing on an opportunity to breastfeed the thirst in order to learn more details.

The public's desire for internal knowledge of the case was dealt with in an order submitted by Hippler on Thursday, which blamed all parties involved for potentially seepage information in a special on Friday “Dateline NBC”.

The Special contained extensive records from Kohberger's phone, including Internet and Amazon search inquiries, Instagram photos and cell phone tower data, according to the order. “Dateline” also received safety material that was about the same time when the investigators are of the opinion that the murders have driven near the off-campus house.

In the devastating orders, Hippler said that the leak will have permanent effects and “it is essential to try to see that the source of such a leak is identified and taken into account”.

“Such violations not only undermine the rule of law, possibly by persons who are commissioned to maintain the maintenance, but also the ability to set an impartial jury significantly impaired,” says both orders. Adding the leak will add additional costs and time to choose a jury. “It is important that such violations of receiving both sides to receive a fair procedure may thwart,” says one of the orders.

Both the public prosecutor and the defense are instructed to keep all records relevant to the leaked information and came into contact with the relevant evidence within seven days of who came into contact in their team. Prosecutors also have to create a written plan on how potential violations are identified and how they can prevent it from taking place again.

The jury's selection should begin at the end of July and the trial is scheduled to begin on August 11th. If Kohberger is convicted, he could be exposed to the death penalty.

The recent hearings have addressed the admissibility of the most important evidence, including Kohberger's autism diagnosis, DNA analysis, its Amazon purchase history and the description of the “bushy eyebrows of the suspect” of the suspect.

Kohberger's legal team has already said that it would like to provide evidence of alternative perpetrators before the legal proceedings. Hippler set a hearing on this topic for June 18 on Thursday.

During the hearing on Thursday, Hippler collapsed the process process in phases and discussed matters, including the selection of the jury, for the process and seats in the courtroom.

“I'm not a fan of surprises,” said Hippler.

The judge pointed out to the defense team that by the end of June or early July he refers to the last offer from them, which refers to a possible plea of ​​the public prosecutor. “In other words, to determine whether the accused has received an offer and whether he accepted or rejected or rejected,” said Hippler.

The public prosecutor is not obliged to adopt a plea to negotiate the death penalty, but they often do it. It is not known whether Kohberger is actually considering a plea on November 13, 2022 for the murder of four students from the University of Idaho.

For the selection of the jury, the judge outlined his plan to assign a Scramble number in the universe of the jurors, who then receives questionnaires. Hippler emphasized the “security and confidentiality” of these questionnaires.

Hippler decided that there would be eight representatives, and said Counsel that he wanted a pool between 50 and 55 final jurors, from which 12 jurors and eight deputies – a total of 20 jurors – are selected. Alternatives are only decided after consultations, and a lottery determines the alternatives.

The attempt is expected to be lived after selecting the jury. Both sides discussed witnesses who may not want to appear in front of the camera, including the surviving roommates.

Hippler replied with the view that the roommates were victims of the slump. He added that there was a convincing interest in protecting the victims in the courtroom and that if they request it, their faces are not shown.

However, he said that he had to be convinced not to show the other witnesses on the live stream due to the public interest in the case. “The best way we have to ensure that the public accepts the judgment approved in this case is that the public has the ability to see the evidence,” said Hippler.

The trial version takes place Monday to Friday, from 8:45 a.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m. local time. When the jury is confiscated, Hippler said that he would probably extend these hours. He noticed that they ultimately had to pursue the jury after trying the advice.

Hippler ordered that the seats in the courtroom are reserved for the surviving roommates. “I don't know if you would have a wish to be here. I don't suspect that you were treated in the media, but if you do it, you would have places,” he said. The seats are also reserved for family members of the victims and four family members from Kohberger.

The possibility of the death penalty depends on the case. If he was convicted of capital murder, Kohberger would have a criminal phase in which the jury would consider further evidence and decide whether to condemn it or condemned a lower punishment – life in prison without the possibility of probation. The jury receives instructions for capital punishment in the cautious phase of the process, said the judge.

If there is a guilty judgment in the murder counts, the criminal phase would probably begin the next day, said Hippler: “Given the fact that the jury will certainly be confiscated during this trial.”

The murders of four students from the University of Idaho in a house outside the campus in Moscow in November 2022 were as brutal as it was confusing.

The group of friends had run out in College city and returned late into their home. The next day, the police found that the four students were slaughtered inside, and there were no signs of forced entry or damage.

The brutal stitches rattled Moscow, a city with 25,000 people who had no murder since 2015. The killings led to weeks of the investigation by the police, frustrations of the victims' families about the pace of police work and the fear in the local community of a mass murderer at large.

On December 30th, the investigators Kohberger – a student who in the nearby Pullman, Washington, arrested in the house of his parents in Pennsylvania. The investigators had connected him to a white vehicle that was seen near the murders. According to court documents, DNA was recovered from a brown leather knife sheath near Mogen's body and its location data near the house near the house.

Since then, the progression of the case has been slowed down by a number of pre -judicial movements and hearings in connection with the death penalty, a gag order, the use of investigative genetic genealogy and the proposed alibi from Kohberger.

The case probably depends on DNA evidence from a knife sheath, under the fingernails of a victim and in blood stains.

The most important evidence of the public prosecutor is a DNA sample of a knife sheath that was left at the scene. The researchers then used the investigative genetic genealogy or Igg – a forensic field that combined DNA analysis with genealogical research to combine this sample with Kohberger's family, according to the public prosecutor. The following DNA tests showed that Kohberger was a “statistical match” on the sample and, according to the public prosecutor, led to his arrest.

In order to combat this evidence, his defense team repeatedly questioned the use, legality and accuracy of the DNA tests in every step of the process.

“The DNA could do the case or break, and it is only about what the jury thinks as credible,” said Misty Marris, a lawyer who followed the case exactly to CNN in March.