Trial date set for suspect in University of Idaho student killings
The murder trial of Bryan Kohberger, the criminology grad student accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in 2022, is set to begin June 2, 2025, according to a scheduling order filed in court.
In a court hearing Thursday, Latah County Judge John Judge proposed the trial date as well as deadlines for other legal filings in the case. Both the prosecution and defense said the deadlines were 바카라 게임 웹사이트reasonable바카라 게임 웹사이트 and agreed, although the defense added things could change depending on how the case progresses.
Judge set aside about three months for the trial, including two weeks for jury selection, eight weeks for the trial, and two weeks for potential post-conviction death penalty hearings and sentencing.
바카라 게임 웹사이트This is a great step to set these deadlines and hearings so that we can move through this,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Judge said.
The order also indicates any motions challenging the death penalty are to be filed by Sept. 5, with responses due by Oct. 10. If a motion to change the venue is granted, 바카라 게임 웹사이트the Court anticipates that the trial dates will not change,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the ruling states.
Thursday바카라 게임 웹사이트s scheduling hearing was part of the long and winding road since four University of Idaho students 바카라 게임 웹사이트 Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen 바카라 게임 웹사이트 were fatally stabbed in the overnight hours of Nov. 13, 2022, at a home just off the school바카라 게임 웹사이트s main campus in Moscow.
Kohberger, a Washington State University graduate student in criminology, was arrested in the killings on Dec. 30, 2022, in his home state of Pennsylvania. A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf last year, and his attorneys have indicated the 29-year-old intends to present an alibi as part of his defense. Prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty.
The progression of the case has been slowed by a series of pre-trial motions and hearings related to the death penalty, a gag order, the use of investigative genetic genealogy and Kohberger바카라 게임 웹사이트s proposed alibi. Several of the issues have still not been resolved.
Judge he wants a 바카라 게임 웹사이트hearing at least every month,바카라 게임 웹사이트 noting the importance of 바카라 게임 웹사이트cleaning up바카라 게임 웹사이트 the legal proceedings.
Last month, Goncalves바카라 게임 웹사이트 family expressed their frustration at the pace of the pre-trial hearings.
바카라 게임 웹사이트This case is turning into a hamster wheel of motions, hearings, and delayed decisions,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the family said in a statement in May. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Can we all just agree that this case needs to move forward and the judge needs to start setting hard deadlines in this case?바카라 게임 웹사이트
In court Thursday, Judge expressed similar views. 바카라 게임 웹사이트In my opinion, we바카라 게임 웹사이트re getting to a point of diminishing returns,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said.
The defense noted that some of the deadlines may need to be amended or extended as new information comes into the case, and Judge said he understood.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I just don바카라 게임 웹사이트t want to be scrambling around a month before the trial. We바카라 게임 웹사이트re all going to be very, very busy, and the more we can resolve certain motions, supplements, whatever we need to do,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트m trying to do this sooner than later.바카라 게임 웹사이트