Overview

• Judge Steven Hippler denied the defense’s request to delay Bryan Kohberger’s capital murder trial, ruling there was no showing of prejudice or valid reason for a continuance.
• The court barred Kohberger’s team from introducing theories of alternate perpetrators, labeling the proposed evidence as speculative and irrelevant to the 2022 University of Idaho killings.
• An amended scheduling order shifts jury selection to August 4 and opening statements to August 18, moving the overall trial start one week later than previously set.
• Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary in the fatal stabbings of four students and could receive the death penalty if convicted.
• Defense attorneys had argued that a recent NBC “Dateline” leak and the vast volume of unreviewed discovery threatened a fair trial, but prosecutors warned against a perpetual continuance.