A routine status hearing for a man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students drew a small crowd on Thursday, with people beginning to line up outside the Boise courtroom five hours early in hopes of getting a seat. It was the first hearing for Bryan Kohberger since the case was moved and a new judge was appointed.
FILE - Bryan Kohberger, right, is escorted into a courtroom to appear at a hearing in Latah County District Court, Sept. 13, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho . This September 2024 booking photo provided by the Ada County Sheriff’s Office shows University of Idaho slayings defendant Bryan Kohberger. This September 2024 booking photo provided by the Ada County Sheriff’s Office shows University of Idaho slayings defendant Bryan Kohberger.
Status conferences are typically uneventful, designed so the parties in a legal case can provide updates to the judge and schedule deadlines for future proceedings.to Boise earlier this month, it also turned it over to a new presiding judge, appointing 4th District Judge Steven Hippler to replace 2nd District Judge John Judge.
“I’d like to tell you I’m happy to be here, but why start with an untruth,” Hippler said at the beginning of the hearing. He then began to lay out his expectations for the attorneys.The stakes in the case are “as high as they can be,” the judge said, but the attorneys are professionals who took an oath to uphold justice.
He also said he expected all of the parties in the case to follow a sweeping gag order issued by the previous judge.
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