Idaho prosecutors are accusing Bryan Kohberger's new legal team of attempting a "fishing expedition" and trying to buy time to find better arguments for his bid to withdraw his guilty plea."Unfortunately for [Kohberger], that is not how discovery in post-conviction proceedings works," Deputy Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Keith Scholl wrote in a response to the convicted killer's request for more time to file an amended petition.The deadline is currently set for Nov.13 — four years to the day since the Idaho student murders in Moscow.BRYAN KOHBERGER’S 2027 HEARING IS NOT GUARANTEED AS IDAHO SEEKS QUICK DISMISSALBryan 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)Kohberger's lawyers argue that the deadline would force them to irrevocably waive any claims not included in the amended petition, which is due before discovery deadlines set for next year.
They want to see discovery materials before filing it.Read Kohberger's request for more time:"Post-conviction discovery is supposed to assist you and your lawyers in proving a legitimate constitutional claim, in this case, ineffective assistance of counsel," said Randolph Rice, a Maryland-based attorney and legal analyst who has been following the case.Madison Mogen, top left, smiles on the shoulders of her best friend, Kaylee Goncalves, as they pose with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, and two other housemates in Goncalves' final Instagram post, shared the day before the four students were stabbed to death.(@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)"It isn't supposed to be a fishing expedition to help you invent a new one," he added.
"You don't get to throw a fishing net into the discovery ocean and hope you pull up a constitutional violation."ATTORNEY WHO DEFENDED DC SNIPER SAYS KOHBERGER F...