Idaho Court Slaps Down Kohberger’s Appeal—Allowing Trial to Begin Sooner

The Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an appeal to have an indictment nullified for Bryan Kohberger—a move that will allow the accused quadruple murderer’s trial to be scheduled sooner than it otherwise could have.

In the appeal, filed this year, Kohberger’s attorneys claimed their client was improperly indicted last year on four counts of murder by an Idaho grand jury.

The defense claimed jurors were improperly told there only needs to be “probable cause” of the defendant’s guilt instead of the higher threshold of “beyond a reasonable doubt,” a designation that’s typically needed to convict a suspect, but not indict.

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