Idaho
Kohberger trial moved back to start in August 2025
Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with murdering four University of Idaho students, now has a new trial date.
The jury trial will now begin on August 11, 2025 and run through November 7, 2025. It was previously scheduled to begin in June 2025 and last three months.
The trial will start at 8:30 a.m. and end around 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with a 45 minute lunch break. Some trial weeks may be shortened, depending on court obligations outside of the trial.
A final pre-trial conference is scheduled for May 15, 2025 and will continue into the next day if necessary. Status conferences may be requested or initiated by the court before that date.
Proposed jury questionnaires will be filed under seal by March 24, 2025 and objections are due March 31. A closed hearing on those will be held in April.
Proposed jury instructions and trial briefs will be filed by April 14 and objections to those are due by April 21. Proposed exhibit lists are to be filed and exchanged by April 21.
Voir dire, or the process where a judge or lawyers question potential jurors and witnesses to determine suitability for trial, is scheduled for July 30.
The state must respond to the defense motions challenging the death penalty by Oct. 10, 2024 and the defense’s replies are due on Oct. 24. A hearing on those motions is currently scheduled for Nov. 7 at 9 a.m.
For discovery motions, the last day to file to compel about any known unresolved issues is Nov. 14, 2024. Several dates are set for responses and replies, and a hearing is scheduled for Jan. 23, 2025. All motions governed by I.C.R. 12, including motions to suppress evidence, are also due on Nov. 14 and a hearing on those will happen on Jan. 23 as well.
For discovery and expert disclosures, the following dates and deadlines are ordered:
- State’s guilt phase experts: Dec. 18, 2024
- Defendant’s guilt phase experts: Jan. 23, 2025
- Rebuttal guilt phase experts: Feb. 13, 2025
- State’s penalty phase experts: Jan. 27, 2025
- Defendant’s penalty phase experts: March 31, 2025
- Rebuttal penalty phase experts: April 28, 2025
Kohberger’s trial was moved to Ada County and he was booked into the Ada County Jail in September. District Judge Steven Hippler was assigned to the case then, replacing Judge John Judge out of Latah County.
Four University of Idaho students, Kaylee Goncalvez, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle were found dead in their home near campus in November 2022. Kohberger was arrested and charged with four counts of murder in the first degree and one count of burglary in December 2022.
MERIDIAN — Former Idaho state Rep. Dorothy Moon was elected to her third term as chair of the Idaho Republican Party during last week’s Idaho GOP Convention in Meridian.
Moon announced her candidacy for a third term as chair earlier this month after first being elected in 2022 and again in 2024. In this year’s election, Moon received 306 votes, former Idaho state Sen. Steven Thayn received 155 votes and Mark Fuller, the previous Idaho GOP first vice chair, came in third with 134 votes. In receiving just over 51% of the vote, Moon was able to narrowly avoid a runoff.
In his challenge to Moon, Thayn called for fostering a greater sense of unity among members of the party.
“Unity does not mean uniformity of opinion,” Thayn said in a prior news release on his candidacy. “Nor does it mean forced agreement. Forced unity always leads to tyranny. Real unity is voluntary. It is built through listening, respect, and a sincere effort to solve problems together.”
In the initial announcement of Moon’s campaign, she highlighted improvements to voter turnout and the defeat of the 2024 ranked-choice voting ballot initiative as among key party successes during her most recent term.
BLACKFOOT — A large contingent of Blackfoot Police officers has cordoned off an area near the Taco Bell on Parkway Drive in Blackfoot.
Police responded around 5 p.m., according to multiple witnesses who contacted EastIdahoNews.com.
EastIdahoNews.com has reached out to Blackfoot Police for details.
We will update this story as we learn more.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — An Idaho Falls angler is back in the Idaho record books after landing a record-setting lake trout at Payette Lake.
Idaho Fish and Game said Dylan Smith caught and released a 43.25-inch lake trout on May 2, setting a new state catch-and-release record for the species. The fish surpassed the previous record of 42 inches.
The catch marks Smith’s second appearance in Idaho’s record books. He previously held the state catch-and-release lake trout record after landing a trophy fish in 2018 before that mark was later broken.
According to Fish and Game, Payette Lake has become one of Idaho’s premier lake trout fisheries thanks to years of management efforts aimed at improving both lake trout and kokanee populations.
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