The new judge assigned to oversee the murder trial of Idaho student stabbings suspect Bryan Kohberger has handed down firm sentences to convicted killers.
Bryan Kohberger, the 29-year-old criminologist accused of a quadruple home invasion murder, will soon get a change of scenery after more than 18 months behind bars in the Latah County Jail in Moscow, Idaho. In a one-page order signed by Idaho's Chief Justice Richard Bevan, the state's high court chose Ada County for Kohberger's trial, assigned District Judge Steven Hippler to the case and ordered Kohberger's transfer to a jail closer to the Boise courthouse.
Ada County is Idaho's most populous and includes the city of Boise, which is both the county seat and state capital. There are nearly 500,000 residents, compared to less than 40,000 in Latah County. Latah County District Judge John Judge agreed to the defense's request for a change of venue last week. In his order, he wrote that the state's Supreme Court would make a final determination about where the trial would be moved.
think they will want to get things moving and established,' she told Fox News Digital. 'Judge Hippler will want his own timelines and deadlines set and strictly adhered to.' Prosecutors sought to have the trial held at the courthouse in Moscow, next to the jail where the 29-year-old Kohberger has been held without bail since shortly after his arrest in Pennsylvania at his parents' house, roughly seven weeks after the Nov. 13, 2022, slayings.
The defense complained the local community and media coverage were too biased for him to get a fair trial in Latah County, claiming he could face a lynch mob if acquitted. Ada County was on a list of three larger counties the defense said it would 'gladly agree to' for a change of venue. Kohberger is accused of entering a six-bedroom rental home at 4 a.m. Nov. 13, 2022, and killing four students inside with a large knife.
Kohberger was studying for a Ph.D. in criminology at neighboring Washington State University, about 10 miles away across the state line. Judge entered not guilty pleas on Kohberger's behalf at his arraignment in May 2023. Kohberger faces four charges of first-degree murder and another of felony burglary.
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