A pretrial appeal filed with the Idaho Supreme Court by Bryan Kohberger's public defenders was denied Tuesday, although the reasoning behind the denial was not provided.
Kohberger's attorneys claimed prosecutors improperly charged their client with four counts of first-degree murder and a single count of robbery before the grand jury.
While the grand jury worked on an indictment, prosecutors said they should reach an indictment if the case meets the highest legal standard of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, rather than the probable cause standard.
The Idaho Supreme Court's one-page ruling provided no reasoning for denying the appeal filed by Kohberger's attorney and the matter was closed.
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Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a motion hearing on a gag order in Latah County District Court. Kohberger is accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022. (August Frank/Lewiston Morning Tribune, Pool)
The suspect attempted to delay the process by appealing one of the judge's individual decisions to a higher court, which was dismissed. Specifically, Kohberger wanted the Supreme Court to overturn the judge's decision not to dismiss the indictment.
Kohberger, a 29-year-old criminology Ph.D. from Pennsylvania. student, attended Washington State University in the neighboring city of Pullman, just across the state line, where prosecutors allege he entered an off-campus home around 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2022, and killed four University of Idaho students with a large knife. in Moscow, Idaho.
Anne Taylor, Kohberger's lead defense attorney, asked the court in January to delay Kohberger's trial until at least 2025, arguing that she had not had enough time to complete discovery or interview more than a fraction of the witnesses. Latah District Judge John Judge postponed scheduling a trial date but denied Taylor's efforts to have the charge against her client dismissed.
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The murders of Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both 21, and Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, both 20, shook the country in November 2022.
A surviving housemate saw a masked man leave through the back door after hearing sounds of fighting minutes after the attack, but police were not called until around noon the next day.
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The four victims of the University of Idaho murders on November 13, 2022. (Instagram/@kayleegoncalves)
It took police more than six weeks to capture a suspect. Kohberger was arrested at his parents' home in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains after a lengthy investigation that included help from the FBI and police from several states.
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The judge entered a not guilty plea on Kohberger's behalf at his arraignment in May. He could face the death penalty if he is convicted.
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The trial was initially expected to last six weeks, but lawyers now expect it to last between 12 and 15.
The judge has not yet set a start date.
