Idaho Judge Grants Bryan Kohberger 2 Hearings on Bid to Void Guilty Plea
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 26
Idaho Judge Grants Bryan Kohberger 2 Hearings on Bid to Void Guilty Plea
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 26
Summary
June 3 and June 17, 2027, are the dates Judge Steven Hippler set for a status conference and evidentiary hearing on Bryan Kohberger’s post-conviction bid to withdraw his guilty plea.
Kohberger’s July 2026 petition says his lawyers convinced him to falsely confess and failed to disclose potentially exculpatory evidence, including hair from the crime scene that was not DNA-tested after physical analysis excluded him.
Prosecutors had asked the court to dismiss the petition without a hearing, but the order keeps alive a challenge to Kohberger’s July 2025 plea deal in the killings of four University of Idaho students.
That plea spared Kohberger the death penalty and led to four consecutive life-without-parole terms plus 10 years; although he waived appeal rights, Idaho law still allows post-conviction relief that could reopen the case or lead to a new trial.