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In Episode 611, we address the April 24, 2025 Court order directed toward the Defense's Motion in Limine as to multiple state expert witnesses alleging disclosure violations. In the portion of Judge Hippler's order concerning State expert witness Det. Darren Gilbertson who conducted "timed runs" to determine if one assailant could have committed the crimes in the timeframe allege...

In Episode 610, we address the April 24, 2025 Court order directed toward the Defense's Motion in Limine regarding multiple state expert witnesses alleging disclosure violations. We note here that Judge Hippler has certain concerns about the relevancy of part of one of the State's expert witnesses although the Court notes the Defense has not expressed this same concern "as yet."...

In Episode 608, we address the April 24, 2025 Court order directed toward the Defense's Motion in Limine directed toward multiple state expert witnesses alleging disclosure violations. We note Judge Hippler has denied the defense's application for a pre-trial court order limiting or striking these witnesses, but finds that if defense feels any of them are testifying at trial outside of the...

In Episode 608, we address the fact that Judge Steven J. Hippler has ordered Mr. Kohberger to present any and all offers of proof of alternative perpetrators by the hard deadline of May 14, 2025 - three months before trial. We ask the rhetorical question and provide opinions as to whether this requirement does or does not comply with the Supreme Court of Idaho case all involved (State of Idaho, De...

In Episode 607, we address the April 24, 2025 Order granting the Defense's Motion to Seal Defendant's Objections to the State's Requested Jury Instructions. We note here that the Court's October 9, 2024 Order directing the parties to file their proposed Jury Instructions and Objections/Stipulations thereto did not require matters concerning jury instructions to be filed under seal....

In Episode 606, we discuss the April 24, 2025 Order sealing the State of Idaho's Trial Witness and Exhibit Lists filed to comply with the Court's October 9, 2024 pretrial and trial order. Here, Judge Hippler cites to an administrative rule and a statute authorizing both to be exempt from public disclosure. We also address the differences between "filing" vs. "service" o...

In Episode 605, we note that today April 25, 2025 was the deadline for the State to submit materials, ex parte for an in camera inspection (i.e. for Judge Hippler's eyes only) details regarding its intention to call members of the Kohberger family to serve as State's witnesses against Mr. Kohberger at the upcoming trial. An update on what is noted on the Case Summary Page in the Idaho v. K...

In Episode 604, we discuss the April 24, 2025 Court Order denying the defense's Motion in Limine RE: Vague and Undisclosed Expert Testimony, seeking to limit to disclose State's experts witnesses on the grounds that the State failed to properly disclose their experts. The Court here rules that these experts will be permitted to testify. If however the Defense feels that any expert is speak...

In Episode 603, we discuss the April 24, 2025 Court Order denying the defense's motion to strike the DP during any sentencing phase of this case on the grounds of Mr. Kohberger's recent Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) asserting it is the functional equivalent of an intellectual disability. Here, Mr. Kohberger raises his eighth Amendment Privilege (cruel and unusual punishment). He also argu...

In Episode 602, we address the Court's April 24, 2025 Order on State's Motion in Limine regarding the admissibility of the 911 Call and Text Messages placed between the roommates on November 13, 2022, the date of the crimes. New information never-before-released to the public regarding D.M., B.F., Kaylee and Madison's activities at the 1122 King Road residence occurring just before the...

In Episode 601, we address the Court's April 24, 2025 Order on State's Motion in Limine regarding the admissibility of the 911 Call and Text Messages placed between the roommates on November 13, 2022, the date of the crimes. We also note that within this order appears three (3) details never before publicly released regarding D.M., B.F., Kaylee and Madison's activities following their...

In this our milestone Episode 600 of the Idaho v. Kohberger podcast, we address the fact that on April 24, 2025 the Court has granted the Defense's Motion to Seal their "Phase One" lay witness list under seal. We discuss what "Phase One" and what "Lay Witnesses" are. We also briefly look back at this podcast's journey which began with Episode 1 which discussed...

In Episode 599, we address the fact that on April 21, 2025 the Defense filed its Motion to Seal (from public disclosure) its objections to the State of Idaho's jury instructions. We note here at the parties were ordered to file their objections or stipulations concerning the other side's proposed jury instructions by operation of Judge Hippler's October 9, 2024 Court Order but that sai...

In Episode 598, we discuss the Defense's April 21, 2025 Motion to Seal its "Phase One" Lay Witness List. Phase One is also referred to as the "Case in Chief" or the "Guilt Phase" of the proceedings which is scheduled to commence on August 11, 2025. Conversely, Phase Tow is the Sentencing Phase, which would only occur in the event of a conviction. Everything stated...

In Episode 597, we review the State of Idaho's April 21, 2025 Notice of Compliance and Motion to Seal State's Exhibit and Witness Lists, which was hand delivered by the State to the Defense according to this filing. The State discloses that it hand delivered its (1) proposed trial exhibit list (2) proposed trial exhibits and (3) Trial Lay Witness list to defense while seeking an order sealing all...

In Episode 596, we review one of the longest court orders rendered by the Honorable Steven J. Hippler, on the Defense's in Limine RE: Rylene Nowlin and "Touch" and "Contact" DNA which was filed on April 18, 2025. We cut to the chase here and provide opinions on what was ruled upon favorably vs. disfavor ably on this in motion in limine submitted by Defense. Everything state...

In Episode 595, we note that the State of Idaho's deadline for submitting materials to the Court for an ex parte in camera inspection is Friday, April 25, 2025 concerning their calling of the Kohberger family to serve as their witnesses against Mr. Kohberger. We address interesting issues surrounding the issue of how the State may subpoena the Kohbergers to appear at trial, as the family lives...

Everything stated herein is not legal advice, but represents only the creator's pure opinions based on the court filings and proffered pursuant to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution (Freedom of Speech and of the Press) and is offered for educational purposes only. Mr. Kohberger is presumed innocent of the five first degree felonies he has been charged with until or unless he...

In Episode 593, we note that on April 21, 2025, Mr. Kohberger filed two documents in compliance with the Court's October 9, 2024 Order that lay witness lists must be filed on or before April 21, 2025. One of these documents are under seal, the other is a public record - both of which deal with Mr. Kohberger's lay witness list for the case-in-chief (a/k/a "guilt) phase of the trial whi...

In Episode 592, we are able to confirm - as announced in prior episodes of this podcast - that multiple items related to the trial of this matter were filed on April 21, 2025 (Source: Case Summary Page at Pg. 89, Idaho v. Kohberger). As noted here, some of these items were filed under seal, other are public records which should ultimately appear on the public docket. Everything stated herein is no...

In Episode 591, we proffer opinions as to whether the Court may have possibly invaded the future jury's role as the finders of fact when issuing a finding against the Defense in an April 18,, 2025 ruling in limine on the State's motion. Everything stated herein is not legal advice, but represents only the creator's pure opinions based on the court filings and proffered pursuant to the First Amendm...

In Episode 590, we address the April 18, 2025 Order on the State of Idaho's Motion in Limine regarding Neuropsychological and Psychiatric Evidence (concerning Mr. Kohberger's recent ASD diagnosis). In one of the longer written rulings of the multiple motions in limine filed by the parties ,Judge Hippler grants part of the State's motion while also reserving ruling on the remaining part...

In Episode 589, we note that April 21, 2025 is exactly 100 days until voir dire (the process of Jury Selection) on July 30, 2025. It is also the single busiest day in the history of the case in terms of multiple deadlines for trial-related matters to be filed and/or served. We also note that another trial-related matter is due four days later on April 25, 2025, as the capital case of Idaho v. Kohb...

In Episode 588, we note that Judge Hippler denied the State's Motion in Limine to preclude Mr. Kohberger from offering any evidence as to an alibi defense but has also thrown out the Sy Ray "partial alibi" previously proffered as insufficient to meet the requirements of Idaho law. The Court has noted that approximately four months remained until trial and that if Mr. Kohberger wished...

In Episode 587, we address Judge Hippler's April 18, 2025 written order on Defense's Motion in Limine # 5 as to inconclusive data regarding testing of fingernail clippings of one of the victims. We discuss that as the State has said it will not offer this evidence as inculpatory to Mr. Kohberger that it has rendered Defense's motion as "moot" - which the Defense has agreed to...