Judge Steven Hippler ruled that Bryan Kohberger’s defense cannot present an unknown suspect theory in his capital murder trial set for August 18, while allowing them to question investigators about their leads. The judge dismissed the defense’s claims of alternative suspects as speculative and irrelevant, emphasizing that Kohberger’s lawyers failed to justify a trial delay despite extensive preparations.
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Judge Steven Hippler has ruled that Bryan Kohberger’s defense cannot suggest to the jury that someone else is the real killer in the upcoming trial for the murders of four University of Idaho students, which is set to start on August 18.
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