A judge in the Idaho student murders case has ruled to release a redacted transcript from a closed-door hearing where the defense argued against the admissibility of forensic genetic genealogy evidence. The defense claims the FBI violated Kohberger's Fourth Amendment rights by using IGG techniques.
A judge overseeing the case against Bryan Kohberger , the suspect in the Idaho student murders, has announced that he will release a redacted transcript from a closed-door hearing held last week. Ada County Judge Steven Hippler initially barred the public and media from attending the hearing, but he has now ordered that verbatim copies of the unredacted transcript be given to both the prosecution and the defense.
They will have 14 days to identify portions that should be redacted from public disclosure, after which the judge will release a redacted transcript.The closed hearing focused on forensic investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) evidence that Kohberger's lawyers want to have thrown out. During a two-day public proceeding that followed the closed hearing, Kohberger's defense argued that the FBI violated his Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures by using IGG techniques. They claimed that the FBI's checking of IGG samples against a database violated its own internal policy.Judge Hippler appeared skeptical of these arguments, questioning whether Kohberger even had standing to challenge the IGG tactic. He stated that it wasn't Kohberger's DNA that was searched, but rather his ancestors. Prosecutors countered that there's no expectation of privacy in connection with public records and crime scene evidence. They argued that the FBI's interim policy does not impose any legal limitations on otherwise lawful investigative or prosecutorial activities. Much of the IGG process has been sealed by the court, and the unredacted transcript could provide new details about how investigators pieced together the case and tracked Kohberger to his parents' home in Pennsylvania. Kohberger is scheduled for trial later this year in the murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. He faces the death penalty if convicted
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