In a hearing on Wednesday, prosecutors and lawyers for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 contested some of the last ground rules they seek for Bryan Kohberger’s trial.
Kohberger, 30, is accused of murder in connection with the stabbing murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin at a Moscow, Idaho, rental house close to the university.
Weeks after the November 2022 murders, Kohberger, who was a graduate student at Washington State University studying criminal justice at the time, was taken into custody in Pennsylvania. His DNA, according to investigators, was linked to genetic material taken from a knife sheath that was discovered at the scene of the crime.
The judge entered a not guilty plea on Kohberger’s behalf since he refused to enter a plea to the allegations.
The trial is scheduled to begin on August 11 and jury selection is anticipated to commence on July 30. It is anticipated that the study would take close to three months to finish.
Hundreds of pages of legal documents have been submitted by attorneys on both sides of the case, addressing issues such as whether Kohberger should be executed if found guilty, whether witnesses should be permitted to testify about topics like “touch DNA,” and who should be permitted in the courtroom during the trial.
