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The judge refuses an additional application for strike penalty in the Kohberger case

The judge refuses an additional application for strike penalty in the Kohberger case

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Posted at 10:18 p.m., April 30, 2025

Ada County, Idaho (Scripps News Boise) – The defense of Bryan Kohberger, the man who was accused of murdering four students from the University of Idaho in 2022, was refused in the upcoming process for an additional application for the death penalty.

File – Bryan Kohberger, right, will be accompanied on September 13, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho, to a courtroom for a hearing before the Latah district court. A judge says that defense lawyer from Kohberger, who was charged with the death of four students from the University of Idaho at the end of 2022, can resume telephone attempts from potential jurors. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool, File)

The defense argued in the application that the discovery of the state was “extensive and unorganized” what they say, violates Kohberger's right to a proper procedure because the defense had no time to “sensibly check and examine” evidence.

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In the same application, the defense also tried to impose additional organizational requirements for the discovery of the state. Oral arguments of the application took place at the hearing of April 9.

Judge Steven Hippler said in the decision that the defendant “has no violation of discovery or a proper violation of the procedure”, which is why the application as a whole was rejected.

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The selection of the jury in Kohberger's case begins on July 30th. The process begins on August 11th in the courthouse of Ada County in Boise. The attempt is expected to take almost three months.

This story was originally released by Scripps News Boise, an EW Scripps Company.

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