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In Episode 668, we discuss a document filed May 15, 2025 but which was not published on the docket until on or about May 23, 2025. It is State's Notice of Compliance with the Court's Pre-Trial and Trial Order requiring the parties to create a spreadsheet identifying trial exhibits and objections to the other side's proposed exhibits. Here, the State refers to its objections to certain...

In Episode 667, we discuss the fact that three items related to the Idaho v. Kohberger state case was filed in the federal defamation case styled as Schofield v. Guillard, Cae No. 3:22-cv-00521-REP, which was bought by a University of Idaho professor alleging defamation against an internet sleuth/psychic Ashley Guillard alleging defamation. Our prior content regarding the federal lawsuit appears h...

In Episode 666. we note that Mr. Kohberger's court-ordered deadline to supplement his May 14, 2025 Offers of Proof RE: Alternate Perpetrators was May 23, 2025, but that the record (as of the time the docket was last updated on May 23, 2025) does not include evidence of what he may have submitted. A hearing on the matter remains pending on June 18, 2025 at 12:30 pm A link to our presentation on...

In Episode 665, we note that the State of Idaho and the Defense filed a total of three (3) notices of compliance on May 22-23, 2025, per notations on the Case Summary Page. No details are provided what the parties were complying with in submitting these documents. Although all three were filed as a public record, none were released to the public as of May 23, 2025 -- the last date the Clerk update...

In Episode 663, we note that the Case Summary Page in Idaho v. Kohberger indicates that the Defense on May 22, 2025 filed a Motion to Permit Mitigation Witnesses to Be Present at Trial. Although it was filed as a public record, it was not released to the public as of May 23, 2025, the last date the Clerk updated said docket. Everything stated herein is not legal advice, but represents only the cre...

In Episode 663, we note that the Court on May 22, 2025 entered an Order on May 22, 2025, granting a Defense Motion to Seal Exhibit "F" to its 6th Supplemental Response to the State of Idaho's discovery request a few hours after that motion to seal another exhibit to discovery was filed (also on May 22, 2025). No reason appears showing how or why disclosure under the rule of court or...

In Episode 662, we note that the defense on May 21, 2025 filed a motion to seal its objections to the Juror Questionnaires in anticipation of the upcoming Summer 2025 trial in Idaho v. Kohberger. One day later on May 22, 2025, the Court granted this motion thereby ordering Defense's objections to the juror questionnaires to be sealed from public disclosure. Everything stated herein is not lega...

In Episode 661, we note that the docketed May 22, 2025 Notice of Compliance (Amended) previously documented by the Clerk on the Case Summary Page is not a Notice of Compliance with the Court's May 15, 2025 Records Retention and Hold Order issued to Both Sides mandating information be submitted for in camera review within 7 days or on or before May 22, 2025. Instead, it is a Notice of Complianc...

In Episode 660, we note multiple items that appear on the Case Summary Page maintained by the Clerk of Court on May 22, 2025, including the Defense's (under seal) objections to the Juror Questionnaire. We observe that the State of Idaho and the Defense were ordered to file proposed juror questionnaires and objections to the other side's proposed juror questionnaires under seal in the Octob...

In Episode 659, we not that on May 22, 2025, the Case Summary Page reflects the fact that one of the parties, identified by the Clerk, have filed a "Notice of Compliance" this date. We opine that this may be in compliance with the May 15, 2025 Document and Records Hold Order which required both sides to submit certain information associated with a possible violation of the non-disseminat...

In Episode 658, we note that the defense filed and the Court granted the defense's Motion to Exceed Page Limit (governed by a local rule of court) regarding the Defense's 40 page long Motion to Continue the trial of this matter. We address Mr. Kohberger's efforts to continue the summer trial in this capital case by previewing what the next steps will likely be. Everything stated herein...

In Episode 657, we note that on May 20, 2025, the Defense filed a Motion to Continue the Trial of this matter, citing to various constitutional grounds including Mr. Kohberger's 14th Amendment Due Process Privileges of a right to a fair trial. Mr. Kohberger cites to substantial negative pretrial publicity arising from a May 9, 2025 Dateline NBC Special called "The Terrible Night on King R...

In Episode 656, we note that 48 hours prior to the May 22, 2025 deadline where both sides have been ordered produce information to Judge Hippler concerning possible violations of the non-dissemination order the Court found had a negative impact on seating a fair and impartial jury, the Defense on May 20, 2025 filed a Motion to Continue. Given this timeframe, we ponder and proffer opinions that the...

In Episode 655, we note that Judge Steven J. Hippler entered an order granting the Defense's May 14, 2025 Motion to Seal Offers of Proof RE: Alternate Perpetrators (to Mr. Kohberger). We note that which the Court's Order was rendered and filed on the public docket on May 15, 2025, it took approximately five (5) days to appear on the docket - as it did on May 20, 2025. Everything stated her...

In Episode 654, we note that as of this date May 19, 2025 no further written explanation is provided on the Case Summary Page or on the docket in Idaho v. Kohberger concerning a newly scheduled closed, sealed hearing that popped up on the Case Summary Page the date of the Final PreTrial Conference of May 15, 2025. Everything stated herein is not legal advice, but represents only the creator's...

In Episode 653, we note that on May 14, 2025 the Defense filed a Second Motion to Seal its Proposed Jury Instructions and that the Court granted this relief in an order dated May 14, 2025. No reason is given why Defense is filing a Second Set of Jury Instructions one month after its (First) Set were due - and had been previously filed under seal. We opine that while the Court continues to seal all...

In Episode 652, we provide our opinions relative to a May 14, 2025 Court Order Sealing a Motion to Seal Amended State Exhibit List, raising two separate questions which operate in our opinion to advance the "under seal" conundrum that has existed in this capital case from its inception on December 29, 2022. Everything stated herein is not legal advice, but represents only the creator&#39...

In Episode 651, we note that four interrelated items now appear on the public docket in the capital case of Idaho v. Kohberger. The first two items are State of Idaho filings of May 13, 2025 seeking to reclaim exhibits offered or admitted at the May 2023 Secret Grand Jury proceedings which resulted in an indictment returned against Mr. Kohberger. The second State filing requested that the list ide...

In Episode 650, we note that the updated Case Summary Page maintained by the Ada County, Idaho Clerk of Court in the capital case styled as Idaho v. Kohberger reveals the scheduling of a closed, sealed hearing described as "Discussion Regarding Role of Victims". A review of the Case Summary Page furthermore reveals the setting of a hearing on June 18, 2025 as well as the cancelling and vacating of...

In Episode 649: we proffer opinions as to whether or not recent developments raising issues of whether the Court's Non-Dissemination Order was violated and the impact of the same result in a possible adjournment of the jury trial date current set to occur on August 11, 2025. To view the stipulation for the non-dissemination order requested by lead counsel for both sides on January 3, 2023 and...

In Episode 648, we discuss the fact that Judge Steven J. Hippler on May 15, 2025 entered two orders, one directed to each side, entitled Documents and Records Hold Order regarding possible violations of the Court's non-dissemination order. This episode discusses the order directed toward the Defense and raises the question of whether the trial will be delayed in light of what the Court's s...

In Episode 647, we address the fact that Judge Steven J. Hippler on May 15, 2025 entered two orders, one directed to each side, entitled Document and Records Hold Order regarding possible violations of the Court's non-dissemination order. This episode discusses the order directed toward the State of Idaho and raises the question of whether the trial will be delayed in light of what the Court&#...

In Episode 646, we note that Judge Steven J. Hippler the presiding jurist and trier of the law in Idaho v. Kohberger entered an order on May 15, 2025 explaining the purpose for a closed (to the public) hearing that occurred during the Final PreTrial Conference of that date. Two specific reasons are provided by the Court here including one relative to the Court's investigation of what appears to be...

In Episode 645, we note that Judge Steven J. Hippler at the May 15, 2025 Final Pre-Trial addressed the Defense's much-anticipated Offer(s) of Proof of alleged Alternate Perpetuators of the catastrophic events at 1122 King Road and, directed the State to file a Response and set a hearing on the matter for June 18, 2025. Everything stated herein is not legal advice, but represents only the creat...

In Episode 644, we observed that Judge Steven J. Hippler the district court judge in the capital case styled as Idaho J. Hippler addressed the possibility of appointing a special prosecutor to investigate possible violation of the non-dissemination (a/k/a "gag" order) that has been in effect since January 3, 2023 during the May 15, 2025 Final Pre-Trial Conference. The Court indicated tha...