Idaho murders case: Bryan Kohberger's trial faces possible delay until 2025 due to scheduling challenges
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: The court overseeing Bryan Kohberger's case rejected the University of Idaho murder case suspect's latest attempt to have his charges dropped, potentially delaying Kohberger's trial until the summer of 2025.
Bryan Kohberger, 29, was visible during the inaugural livestream on Friday. The accused killer was spotted sitting next to his attorney Anne Taylor, dressed in a suit with a tie and a white shirt.
State attorneys want trial to begin this summer
The criminology student faces charges related to the November 2022 deaths of Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Ethan Chapin, 20, inside their off-campus house, which has since been demolished.
To avoid the school year and to stop causing the victims' families to experience the anguish of losing their children again, state attorneys want to begin the alleged murderer's trial in (2024) summer.
Taylor, however, stated that she doesn't think they'll be prepared by this summer and would like to reschedule for the summer of 2025 in addition to asking for a different location, FOX News reported.
Taylor added that she thought the trial might go up to fifteen weeks. Additionally, the lawyer stated that she wished to clarify that his defense team had not been "sitting around" to avoid being prepared.
“We have not been sitting back and waiting,” Taylor informed the magistrate. Judge John Judge expressed concern regarding the delay.
"This is a complicated case, this could take a long time – longer than any of us thought – and I think this would add an additional delay," he said to the attendees.
Anne Taylor preparing for trial in 2025
After Taylor gave a thorough justification, going through 51 terabytes of data, for why they needed an additional year and a half to complete the task, he asked, "Do we need a whole another year?"
According to Taylor, March 2025 is the earliest she could be prepared. She remarked, "I’m nervous telling you I’ll be ready by summer 2025."
State attorneys stated they would prefer the summer of 2025 to avoid the school year if the trial could not start this summer, as reported by the New York Post.
As per the reports, his team's motion to dismiss the grand jury indictment due to an "error" in jury instruction was addressed at the first, closed-door hearing.
The motion was turned down by the judge. The defense team for Kohberger has long maintained that there is not enough evidence in the indictment.
Their prior attempt to have the case dismissed was likewise turned down. His defense team contended on Friday, "This isn’t our attempt to achieve some delay, this is our attempt to achieve due process."
The team has been charged with continuously filing motions to keep the case from trial. "A trial in this case is going to happen," the state attorney declared. "We need to get to a trial in this case."
