Bryan Kohberger's upcoming capital murder trial faces key rulings from Judge Steven Hippler, who disallowed the defense from presenting a theory of an unknown killer. The trial, now set to begin on August 18, requires jury selection starting on August 4. Despite allowing defense questions on investigative thoroughness, the judge found insufficient evidence linking four alternative suspects to the crime. This hampers the defense's ability to build a case suggesting Kohberger's innocence, as the evidence they provided was deemed speculative and irrelevant by the court.
Nothing links these individuals to the homicides or otherwise gives rise to a reasonable inference that they committed the crime; indeed, it would take nothing short of rank speculation by the jury to make such a finding.
At best, [Kohberger's] offer of proof can give rise to only wild speculation that it is possible any one of these four individuals could have committed the crimes.
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