Bryan Kohberger’s defense increases legal maneuvers in the attempt to avoid death corridor

As Bryan Kohberger’s The approaches of the date of the trial in the stabbing deaths of four students of the Idaho University, new evidence and legal positioning continue to emerge and evolve as the parties accelerate the rhythm of the judicial presentations.

The defense is asking the court to limit the use of the word “murder” in the trial, as well as terms of prohibition as a psychopath, sociopath and even references to “dense eyebrows.” Nor do they want the judge to show too many photos of the crime scene in front of the jury because spooky images could be “inflammatory.”

On the other hand, prosecutors have demanded that the defense cease to refer to the intention of the state to seek the death penalty if there is a conviction as “an attempt to kill” the accused.

In what could become one of the most consistent motions, Kohberger’s defense asked the court to throw the possibility of the death penalty for the argument that prosecutors took too long giving discovery revelations.

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Bryan Kohberger in the Court of the County Court of Latah in Moscow, Idaho, on August 18, 2023. Kohberger is accused of killing four students from the University of Idaho in November 2022. (August Frank/ Lewiston Tribune)

The presentations were made public as part of a series of documents revealed by Ada County Judge who now supervises the case, who told both parties that they will legally justify the presentation of presentations under the seal in the future.

Shanon Gray, the victim’s family lawyer Kaylee Goncalves, 21He said he could not share his views on the presentations itself due to a long -standing gag order on the case, but launched the lack of communication between the authorities and their clients.

“The fact that Latah County prosecutors do not notify the victims’ families about the content of the motions that were being presented is unacceptable,” Fox News Digital told Fox. “As we have said before … the communication of his office to the Goncalves family has been poor, to say the least.”

Madison Mogen, up to the left, smiles on the shoulders of her best friend, Kaylee Goncalves, while representing with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and two other housemates in the last Instagram position of Goncalves, shared the day before the four students were stabbed until death. (@KayleegoCalves/Instagram)

Kohberger’s lawyer, Anne Taylor, has had several previous attempts to get the death penalty rejected, but noted that Lori Vallow, a Multi-Asesina condemned, made a similar argument in her own Idaho case.

“This court has commented on other procedures related to Mr. Kohberger’s trial and the motions about the discovery and opinions of experts, which, Lori Valleow case It is distinguished because he had not resigned from his rapid trial rights, “Taylor wrote.” However, in this case, it is the court that repeatedly tells all lawyers and Mr. Kohberger that the date of the trial is in stone and that everyone must be ready to proceed before July 30, 2025. “

Kohberger resigned from his right to a rapid trial and has stopped without bail since his arrest on December 30, 2022. But Taylor said he could take up to another three years to review and understand digital evidence alone.

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The trial It is scheduled to start in August.

“I think the motion to prevent the death penalty for violations of discovery could have some legitimate teeth,” said Edwina Elcox, a defense lawyer based in Boise who used to represent Valleow. “I think the Hippler Judge will keep them at the trial schedule unless it is practically impossible to do so. If the defense motion is accurate, which I have no doubt, I do not believe that the court sympathizes with the Prosecutor’s Office.”

A judge from New York City limited the use of the word “murder” in Daniel Penny’s trial for the death of Jordan Neely last year. However, Penny was not accused of murder. He was accused of involuntary homicide and criminally negligent homicide for Neely’s involuntary death, and then acquitted.

The Forens of the State Police are looking for clues in Moscow, Idaho, on November 21, 2022. Four students from the Idaho University were killed at the house on November 13, 2022. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Kohberger is accused of four first -degree murder positions. While the defense does not oppose the word to accuse documents or instructions of the jury, their lawyers asked the court to block the terms “murder”, “murderer”, “murdered”, “homicidal” and other variations when they apply specifically to Kohberger.

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“To label Mr. Kohberger as a” murderer “, the alleged weapon consisting with an empty sheath as a” homicidal weapon “, or to affirm that any of the four deceased was” killed “by Mr. Kohberger denies his right to a fair trial and the right to be innocent,” Taylor discussed in the judicial presentations not votes this week.

In addition, according to Taylor, the use of words such as “psychopath” and “sociopath” to refer to the suspect of quadruple murder is equivalent to “names of names” and would be “unfairly harmful.”

The Forens of the State Police are looking for clues in Moscow, Idaho, on November 21, 2022. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

“The murder is a legal term and the crime that is accused, so there is no basis to exclude it,” said Neama Rahmani, a litigating lawyer based in Los Angeles and former federal prosecutor who has been following the case. “The psychopath and the sociopath are differently and potentially inflammatory, so the judge can exclude those terms, at least during the guilt phase. Thick eyebrows” were part of the fourth fellow description, so that should enter. “

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Taylor is also trying to suppress at least some photos of the crime scene, the police body and images of the victims’ autopsies.

House views at 1122 King Road, Moscow, Idaho, on November 14, 2022. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

The photos are expected to paint a horrible scene due to the nature of the crime.

Goncalves, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, had been stabbed several times.

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Goncalves’s father, Steve Goncalves, said Fox News Digital after the attack that his daughter’s wounds included “tears” and “and”Great open gouges“

The Latah County Forensic, Cathy Mabbutt, said it seemed that who attacked them used the same knife in each victim.

“It had to be a really big knife to inflict those wounds and kill four people,” he said, before Kohberger was identified as suspicious.

The Moscow police chief James Fry helps transfer the belongings of the victims of the house in Moscow, Idaho, on December 7, 2022. Bryan Kohberger would be identified as a person of interest 12 days later thanks to the FBI. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

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The researchers discovered a ka-bar knife pod Under Mogen’s bodyThey claim that DNA had in the click that took them to Kohberger. While the returns of the search warrant show confiscated knives as part of the investigation, it is not clear if it is believed that some is Homicis’s suspect.

There are also policecam’s bodycam video hours that entered the house, as well as 3D models created by the FBI.

“The photos of the crime scene can and should go to the extent that it is not too cumulative,” Rahmani said. “We are talking about a horrible quadruple murder and it is key evidence in the case.”

Bryan Kohberger enters the Court Chamber for an Audience, August 18, 2023, at the Latah County Palace in Moscow. (August Frank/Pool through Reuters)

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Repeating similar and spooky images, Kohberger’s right to a fair trial, Taylor argued.

The County Judge of Latah, John Judge, who supervised the case before granting a change of headquarters, declared himself innocent in the name of Kohberger in his reading of charges in May 2023.

The suspect faces four first degree murder positions and a serious crime robbery charge and could face the execution of the dismissal squad if it is convicted.

THE NEW JUDGE, Steven Hipler In Ada CountyHe has scheduled movement audiences in April.