Idaho Prosecutors Accuse Kohberger Team of Fishing for Plea Exit as Nov. 13 Deadline Looms
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Idaho Prosecutors Accuse Kohberger Team of Fishing for Plea Exit as Nov. 13 Deadline Looms
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Summary
Idaho prosecutors said Bryan Kohberger’s new lawyers are using post-conviction discovery to hunt for stronger grounds to undo his guilty plea, opposing their request for more time before a Nov. 13 amended-petition deadline.
That filing argues discovery in post-conviction proceedings must support an existing constitutional claim—not help invent one—while the defense says filing before next year’s discovery deadlines could permanently waive omitted claims.
Prosecutors also moved to dismiss Kohberger’s handwritten petition, though that effort is seen as unlikely to prevail because his lawyers are expected to replace it with a formal amended filing.
Kohberger pleaded guilty on July 2, 2025, to four murders and burglary, avoiding the death penalty; a year later he alleged ineffective counsel and said former attorneys duped him into the plea.
The dispute comes as his team separately seeks to disqualify Judge Steven Hippler and move the case back to Latah County, after the original criminal trial venue had been shifted to Ada County.