On Thursday, prosecutors asked the court for Bryan Kohberger to stand trial next summer for the 2022 slayings of four University of Idaho students.
KTVB reported that prosecutors want Kohberger’s six-week trial to occur in the summer as schools are not in session. Moscow High School is next to the Latah County Courthouse, and there may be issues with parking and lodging if the trial coincides with the school year.
Prosecutors also asked for court to run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day to allow jurors personal time. They also claimed the state and defense could use extra time in the afternoon to handle legal proceedings, including addressing and preparing motions.
According to the Idaho Statesman, prosecutors also requested that Kohberger not have more time to file an alibi, as two deadlines have passed.
“The state submits that the defendant has already been afforded this opportunity and the court heard arguments on the motions relating to such. The state submits the opportunity for the defendant to disclose an alibi and notify the state of the same has passed and asks that the court not reopen this issue,” the motion read.
The defense has claimed Kohberger was not at the crime scene and was driving around alone the night Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, and Kaylee Goncalves were fatally stabbed at the women’s off-campus home on November 13, 2022.
However, police claim he visited the area 12 times before the slayings and that he turned off his phone on the night in question.
Investigators tested DNA from a trash can outside Kohberger’s family home in Pennsylvania against DNA found on the sheath at the crime scene. Testing determined that “at least 99.9998% of the male population would be expected to be excluded from the possibility of being the suspect’s biological father.”
Prosecutors filed court documents detailing their intent to pursue the death penalty as they deemed the slayings were “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.”
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