Bryan Kherberger’s defense team is trying to create an “illusion” for futures jurors with a new effort to obtain certain evidence, said a former FBI special agent.
Kherberger is accused of first murder in the death of four students at the University of Idaho, including Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison May, 21; and Ethan Chapin, 20. The former student of the Washington State University was also accused of a serious crime of robbery.
Duration of a hearing on April 9, Judge Steven Hipler issued several decisions on the motions presented by the defense. Hippler partially agreed to a motion of defense lawyers who would have blocked prosecutors to use words “psycho” and “sociopath” the trial.
However, he warned that the application for the defense is similar to asking for “an order that we say that the State will not make misconduct in the Prosecutor’s Office.” Hippler said that the word “murderer” could use closing arguments of the duration, but said that the terms as “sociopath” and “psychopath” cannot be used unless an expert evaluation determines that these words describe Kherberger.
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Bryan Kherberger enters the Court Chamber for an Audience on Tuesday at the Coacthhouse of the Catu County in Moscow, Idaho, USA June 27, 2023. (August Frank/Pool through Reuters)
A doctor is used as a witness for the defense, he also agreed to deliver his findings about Bryan Kherberger’s psychological state after a motion to prevent the death penalty based on the old diagnosis of Washington State University.
Kherberger’s defense team also requested that the “inflammatory evidence” will be out of trial, such as the excessive use of the images of the crime scene, but Hippler said that he hopes that the evidence reflects the “brut and horrible” nature of the murders.
A request from the defense lawyers of having the Kherberger essay in 2020 on the management of the crime scene excluded from the trial was denied.
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Duration The Audience On April 9, defense lawyers also pressed to have audio of the 911 call made by the victim’s fellow excluded from the trial. Hippler said that he would only consider that an edited version of the call is aoring the trial, but said that he will probably allow the audio of the 911 to be reproduced.
Hippler said he would govern some motions after the audience.
The former FBI special agent Jonathan Gilliam told Fox News Digital that he believes that Kherberger’s defense team is focused on creating doubts for future jurors.
“It is important to realize that [the defense] They are not focused on their guilt or innocence. They are focused on showing or creating the illusion that the Prosecutor’s Office does not have a strong enough case to condemn, “Gilliam said.” If these defense lawyers believe or not that Bryan Kherberger did not kill. Four individuals
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Bryan Kherberger appears in the Court in Moscow, Idaho, on Thursday, October 26, 2023. Kherberger appeared in court in an attempt to cancel his accusation of Grande jury for the 2022 murders of four university students in his home. (Kai eiselein/pool)
Anne Taylor, a lawyer who represents Bryan Kherberger, accused of killing four students from the Idaho University in November 2022, arrives at a hearing in the District Court of County of Latah, on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)
“[The defense is] Trying to influence the court so that the court ends up creating a barrier or an obstacle to the Prosecutor’s Office, “he added.
Duration The Audience of April 9, defending lawyer Anne Taylor tried to argue that the Prosecutor’s Office is an intentionally slow discovery, but then admitted that all defense requests have been provided.
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Gilliam said this was another attempt by Taylor to try to delay the process even more.
“They have a leg able to stop him again and again,” Gilliam said about Taylor’s tactics in court. “And I wonder if they are trying to do that, to put sufficiently remotely where they can get a more comprehensive jury, where they expect some of the probative things to be expelled because it may not be like the Prosecutor’s Office.”
Clock: Kherberger’s team ‘throwing everything’ on the wall, says the expert
The former homicide detective and Fox News collaborator, Ted Williams, told Fox News Digital that Kherberger’s defense team is trying to do everything possible to make holes in the arguments of the prosecution.
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Madison Mag, superior to the left, smiles on the shoulders of her best friend, Kaylee Goncalves, while posing with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and two other housemates in the last Instagram position of Goncalves, shared the four students. (@KayleegoCalves/Instagram)
A watchman parked outside 1122 King Road on December 11, 2022, four weeks after four students were stabbed to death. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)
“What they are doing is throwing everything they can against the wall and expect something to stick,” Williams said. “But there is too much evidence that puts Bryan Kherberger not only in the house, but shows that it is more likely to be the murderer of these four young students.”
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A jury trial is scheduled for August 11.
Michael Ruiz de Fox News Digital contributed to this report.