Bryan Kohberger granted new hearing in bid to take back guilty plea
Summary
Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty in July 2025 to killing four University of Idaho students, has been granted a new court hearing to try to withdraw his guilty plea. His new hearing is set for June 17, 2027, after he claimed he was pressured to confess and that important information was withheld from his defense.Key Facts
- Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to killing four University of Idaho students in July 2025.
- The murders happened in November 2022 at an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho.
- Kohberger received four life sentences plus 10 years for burglary as part of a plea deal.
- The plea deal removed the possibility of the death penalty.
- Kohberger now wants to take back his guilty plea and has filed for a new hearing.
- He claims he was pressured to confess and that evidence was kept from him.
- The new hearing will take place on June 17, 2027.
- At the time of the murders, Kohberger was a criminology student at Washington State University.
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