Idaho Student Murders: Kohberger;s "Defense Team Seeks Trial Move."
Idaho Student Murders: "Kohberger's Seeks Trial Move" #Kohberger #Idahostudentmurders #LatahCounty Ahead of a hearing next month, attorneys for Idaho student homicides suspect Bryan Kohberger have labeled his prospects at a fair trial in Moscow both an “extreme case” and “utterly corrupted” in seeking a venue change to Boise for his upcoming trial. In a court filing made public Tuesday afternoon, Kohberger’s public defenders argued that their client’s constitutional right to an impartial jury will be infringed upon without moving the trial out of Latah County, where the crime occurred. In their legal brief, which runs 300-plus pages long, they cited as further justification the “extensive publicity that is ongoing and inflammatory,” including the dissemination of inaccurate information in the news and on social media that would also be inadmissible at trial. “The publicity has been extremely pervasive in the small community of Latah County,” wrote Anne Taylor, Kohberger’s lead public defender. “Remediations, such as enlarging the jury pool, will not cure the problem.” Ada County, the state’s largest county with more than 500,000 residents and home to the capital, Boise, has “more than 10 times as many potential jurors than Latah County,” and gives Kohberger the best chance at an impartial jury, the filing read.