Overview

• Judge Steven Hippler agreed that the gag order’s primary purpose of ensuring an unbiased jury had lapsed once Kohberger admitted guilt on all counts.
• Kohberger pleaded guilty in Boise to premeditated first-degree murder and burglary in the November 2022 stabbings of four University of Idaho students.
• Under the plea agreement, he will receive four consecutive life sentences without parole plus ten years and has waived his rights to appeal or seek a reduced sentence.
• All documents currently sealed in the case will remain under court review and are not expected to be unsealed until after the July 23 sentencing.
• Kohberger’s formal sentencing is scheduled for July 23 in Boise, where victims’ families are set to deliver impact statements.