Judge Denies Idaho College Murders Suspect Bryan Kohberger's Attempt to Exclude DNA Evidence

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Idaho college killings: Judge denies Bryan Kohberger request to exclude DNA evidence

Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger had sought to suppress DNA evidence that was seen as a linchpin of prosecutors' case against him -- evidence they say directly links Kohberger to the crime scene.

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Judge denies defense's request to toss DNA evidence in Bryan Kohberger trial

The judge ruled that Bryan Kohberger "failed to demonstrate" his constitutional rights were violated when authorities used his DNA in a public ancestry website to narrow the suspect list and searched his trash to find DNA tying Kohberger to the DNA found on a knife sheath, according to court paperwork.

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New DNA evidence is revealed in Idaho murders trial & suspect could walk free

Kohberger, 28, is accused of killing University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022.

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Idaho judge denies Bryan Kohberger defense motion to suppress key evidence

Kohberger's defense team brought up two DNA samples from unidentified males at the King Road home where he is accused of killing four University of Idaho undergrads. With the sources of both in question, defense attorney Anne Taylor told Ada County Judge Steven Hippler that it could mean Kohberger, 30, is not related to the crime at all.

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Judge upholds DNA evidence in Bryan Kohberger Idaho murders trial

Judge rules there is no privacy expectation for crime scene evidence. Bryan Kohberger's trial is set for August, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty if he is convicted. Investigators linked Kohberger to the crime scene using family tree databases and DNA collected from trash at his family home.

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Bryan Kohberger judge rejects his challenge of DNA evidence in Idaho student murders case

A DNA technique that prosecutors said first identified Bryan Kohberger as the suspect in the University of Idaho student homicides did not jeopardize the investigation and can be used at trial, a j…

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Judge denies Bryan Kohberger's motions to suppress DNA evidence

The defense previously argued the process by which investigators obtained their DNA samples violated Bryan Kohberger's constitutional rights.

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Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger dealt key evidence blow

Bryan Kohberger, 29, has been charged with the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students. The group were killed at a rental home near campus on November 13, 2022. Kohberger's defense team brought a motion last month, arguing that police used a process called Investigative Genetic Genealogy to identify possible suspects.

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Bryan Kohberger: Judge Denies Slew of Defense Motions, Including Motion to Suppress Investigative Genealogy Evidence

The judge overseeing Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial in Idaho on Wednesday denied several defense motions aimed at hamstringing the prosecution’s case, including a critical motion that would have seen the judge toss “investigative genetic genealogy” evidence from the case. Hearings on all four motions denied by Judge Steven Hippler were held on January 23 and …

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69 News at 6:00 - Judge rules against accused killer Bryan Kohberger

An Idaho judge has denied the defense's motion to toss DNA evidence in the trial of a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students. The judge ruled that Bryan Kohberger "failed to demonstrate" his constitutional rights were violated when authorities used his DNA in a public ancestry website to narrow the suspect list.

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Judge denies Kohberger defense's multiple motions to suppress evidence, search warrants

BOISE, Idaho -- An Ada County judge has denied multiple motions by Bryan Kohberger's defense team to throw out different pieces of evidence and search warrants.

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Judge denies Bryan Kohberger's defense motions to suppress warrants, digital and DNA evidence

Ada County Judge Steven Hippler ordered the evidence that law enforcement used to determine Kohberger as the suspect in the murders of four University of Idaho students can be used. Kohberger's team filed motions that would prevent the prosecution from using DNA evidence, digital evidence and evidence obtained through search and arrest warrants in the trial.

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Trial set for suspect in killings of 4 Idaho college students. Here’s what you need to know

A judge this week declined to throw out key evidence against the man charged in the killings of four University of Idaho students near the campus two years ago. The decision cleared the way for Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial to begin this summer. Kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of four students who were killed in the early morning of Nov. 13, 2022, at a rental home near campus in Moscow, Idaho. Judge Steven Hippler on Wednesday rejected arguments by Kohberger’s defense team that law enforcement violated the defendant’s constitutional rights when they used a process called Investigative Genetic Genealogy to identify possible suspects.

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Judge in Bryan Kohberger’s Idaho student murder case issues evidence challenge decisions - East Idaho News

Bryan Kohberger, 30, is accused of killing two students at the University of Idaho. His trial is set to begin in July. A judge ruled Wednesday that the FBI's use of a technique to identify Kohberger did not jeopardize the case. The judge also ruled that the defense's claim that a previous judge lied to get a search warrant was unfounded.

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Judge Denies Idaho College Murders Suspect Bryan Kohberger's Attempt to Exclude DNA Evidence

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Idaho judge denies Bryan Kohberger defense motion to suppress key evidence

Judge upholds DNA evidence in Bryan Kohberger Idaho murders trial

Bryan Kohberger judge rejects his challenge of DNA evidence in Idaho student murders case

Judge denies Bryan Kohberger's motions to suppress DNA evidence

Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger dealt key evidence blow

Bryan Kohberger: Judge Denies Slew of Defense Motions, Including Motion to Suppress Investigative Genealogy Evidence

69 News at 6:00 - Judge rules against accused killer Bryan Kohberger

Judge denies Kohberger defense's multiple motions to suppress evidence, search warrants

Judge denies Bryan Kohberger's defense motions to suppress warrants, digital and DNA evidence

Trial set for suspect in killings of 4 Idaho college students. Here’s what you need to know

Judge in Bryan Kohberger’s Idaho student murder case issues evidence challenge decisions - East Idaho News

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