rt - taken alone or together - have [met] that 'extremely high' bar,  reads a filing signed by outgoing Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson, who announced his retirement earlier this week, and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Keith Scholl.

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Scholl had previously asked the court for the transcripts from Kohberger's change of plea and sentencing hearings, in which the former criminology Ph.D. student admitted guilt and affirmed he was entering his plea knowingly and under no duress.

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The opposition filing argues that Hippler's statements about Kohberger after he'd admitted to killing four innocent students were not unusual or out of line.

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 In our case, the sentencing remarks are not enough to show bias, and the required showing of perceived bias cannot be tied to this Court's capacity to fairly adjudicate any [post-conviction relief] claims alleged in this case but rather puts this Court in the best position to adjudicate them as the legislature and the Idaho Supreme Court's rules intend,  prosecutors wrote.

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Hippler has scheduled a virtual hearing on the motion for Oct. 15.

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BRYAN KOHBERGER WAIVED HIS APPEAL RIGHTS BUT PLANS ON PURSUING POST-CONVICTION RELIEF

Kohberger filed a handwritten petition in July, telling the court he had ineffective counsel , that his guilty plea was  not knowingly or voluntarily entered because it was induced by unkept promises  and that it was  not voluntarily entered because of threats asserted by [his] legal counsel. 

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The court appointed attorney Greg Rauch , of Moscow, Idaho, to take over his case. His family has also retained a private New York lawyer, Jason Goldman.

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Hippler gave Rauch until Nov. 13 - four years to the day after the murders - to file an amended petition on Kohberger's behalf.

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Kohberger pleaded guilty on July 2, 2025, to four counts of first-degree murder and a burglary charge for the stabbing deaths of 21-year-olds Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, as well as 20-year-olds Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.

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On July 23, 2025, Hippler sentenced him to four consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus another 10 years, as part of a plea deal in which Kohberger avoided the death penalty.

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The change of plea came days after Hippler refused to grant Kohberger's former defense team more time for discovery ahead of trial.

Fox News' Lee Ross contributed to this report.

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