Convicted Idaho student murderer Bryan Kohberger will return to court on Oct.15 for a hearing on his motion to remove Judge Steven Hippler from his case as he seeks to undo his guilty plea through a process known as post-conviction relief.Kohberger, 31, 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 petitioner's (Kohberger's) legal counsel."The court appointed attorney Greg Rauch, of Moscow, Idaho, and private defense lawyer Jason Goldman, of New York, later joined Kohberger's new legal team.BRYAN KOHBERGER APPOINTED NEW LAWYER AFTER IDAHO MURDERS CASE COSTS TAXPAYERS OVER $8 MILLIONBryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse for his sentencing hearing on July 23, 2025 in Boise, Idaho.
Kohberger pleaded guilty in exchange for being spared the death penalty for the stabbing of four University of Idaho students nearly three years ago.(Kyle Green-Pool/Getty Images)His new lawyers are expected to file an amended petition by Nov.
13 — four years to the day after the murders."We think the [amended petition] and evidentiary hearing will naturally address some of the outstanding and unanswered questions," Goldman told Fox News Digital last week."That said, the main priority right now is to scrutinize the constitutional issues surrounding Bryan's plea."BRYAN KOHBERGER’S 2027 HEARING IS NOT GUARANTEED AS IDAHO SEEKS QUICK DISMISSALJudge Steven Hippler of Idaho's 4th Judicial District in Ada County rejected the latest attempt by Bryan Kohberger's defense to drop the death penalty as a possible sentence if a jury convicts him of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022.
(Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Kohberger pleaded guilty on July 2, 2025, to four counts of first-degree murder and a burglary charge fo...