Judge denies Kohberger’s motions to reconsider requests in written ruling

MOSCOW, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The judge presiding over the Bryan Kohberger murder trial denied two motions by the defense in a written ruling on February 1st, the first motion to have the grand jury indictment tossed out, and the other for permission to appeal to a higher court.

Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home on King Road in November of 2022. The former WSU graduate student was charged on December 30, 2022, and has been in custody in Moscow since his arrest at his parent’s house in Pennsylvania.

Anne Taylor, Kohberger’s main public defender, filed a motion to dismiss the indictment against the now 29-year-old Kohberger, based on the grounds that the Grand Jury received bad instructions and that the Grand Jury was biased, also that there was inadmissible evidence, lack of sufficient evidence and prosecutorial misconduct. Those motions were denied by Judge John C. Judge on December 15, 2023.

Then Kohberger’s defense filed a motion asking the court to reconsider as a response on January 26th. Judge reviewed both denied both in a written order on February 1, 2024. Also, the defense filed a motion for a change of venue on January 31st and Judge Judge is expected to make a ruling on that motion by the end of April.

Related to the case, CBS Entertainment released a new three-part docuseries premiering on Paramount+ Tuesday, and it follows a group of amateur TikTok detectives in their attempt to separate rumor from fact while taking on the savage slayings of four University of Idaho Students.

Cybersleuthing has its share of critics, though, as there are no rules or restrictions on what they can say or do.

CYBERSLEUTHS: THE IDAHO MURDERS ultimately raises the question - do the TikTok sleuths hurt the investigations or help?

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