BOISE, Idaho – Attorneys for accused quadruple killer Bryan Kohberger say the prosecution is withholding information that would help prepare his defense.
The defense team filed a motion to compel, saying “inadequate disclosures greatly prejudice Mr. Kohberger.”
Kohberger is awaiting trial later this year, accused of killing four University of Idaho students in Moscow in November 2022.
He faces the death penalty if convicted.
In the latest motion, the defense argues that the state’s disclosures about expert witnesses are incomplete.
The motion references 25 expert witnesses the state could call at trial. The defense says only five of those include expert reports and “notably, not a single DNA expert opinion or report was produced.”
The defense has long protested the genetic genealogy evidence used, in part, to link Kohberger to the crime scene.
“Mr. Kohberger continues wading through a sea of discovery,” defense attorneys wrote. “The need for rule compliant expert disclosures is critical to his ability to prepare for his defense at trial. The State’s failure to comply is not harmless.”
The defense concludes by saying the “evidence disclosed by the State is woefully inadequate.”
The defense says this makes it impossible for the defense to disclose its own expert information by the January 23rd deadline.
It will be up to an Ada County judge to compel further disclosure by the prosecution.
The trial was moved from Latah County to Ada County because of pre-trial publicity and concerns about seating a fair jury.
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