Bryan Kohberger doesn't want Amazon shopping list revealed at trial: court filings

Bryan Kohberger is asking a Boise justice to exclude grounds of his Amazon acquisition past and different enactment connected the buying tract from his upcoming proceedings successful the deaths of 4 University of Idaho students.

Defense lawyer Elisa Massoth argued that nary Amazon evidence, including "click activity" connected the app, should beryllium introduced astatine proceedings – successful portion due to the fact that the word is vague and due to the fact that prosecutors person allegedly failed to specify it oregon picture the quality of adept grounds prosecutors privation to introduce.

"The Defense asserts that with the constricted disclosures made by State, deficiency of earthy data, deficiency of implicit data, deficiency of disclosure of adept opinion, deficiency of mentation of ‘Amazon click activity’ oregon immoderate investigation related determination to, amounts to cherry picked constricted information that does not amusement a afloat picture, compared to warrants that requested extended data," Massoth wrote.

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Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a proceeding Tuesday astatine the Latah County Courthouse successful Moscow, Idaho, U.S. June 27, 2023.  (August Frank/Pool via REUTERS)

"The State’s refining of each the Amazon past and Amazon click enactment is retired of context, incomplete, and unfairly prejudicial, frankincense making it inadmissible," she continued.

Massoth besides argued that Amazon's AI-driven algorithm "shapes idiosyncratic behavior" by serving up products it predicts shoppers would beryllium funny successful alongside paid advertisements.

"In 2022, Amazon’s AI-driven strategy did not passively bespeak idiosyncratic searches but actively guided purchasing behaviour based connected predictive models," the filing reads. "This means that a user’s browsing and acquisition past whitethorn not needfully bespeak deliberate intent but could person been shaped by Amazon’s algorithm."

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They besides claimed that the 30-year-old's Amazon relationship could person been shared with different "household members" – further muddying the buying list. Kohberger has 2 sisters successful summation to his parent and father.

Previously released tribunal documents amusement constabulary had tried to nexus Kohberger to the acquisition of a Ka-Bar weapon aft uncovering a sheath for 1 nether the assemblage of unfortunate Madison Mogen, 21. The sheath allegedly had DNA connected its drawback that yet led investigators to Kohberger.

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A screenshot of Amazon.com shows a Ka-Bar weapon for merchantability for nether $100 connected the buying website. (Amazon)

NBC's "Dateline" reported successful 2023 that Kohberger purchased a Ka-Bar weapon implicit Amazon successful 2022 earlier moving to Pullman, Washington, to be Washington State University.

An Amazon hunt Thursday showed akin knives are some fashionable and readily disposable connected the site.

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Madison Mogen, apical left, smiles connected the shoulders of her champion friend, Kaylee Goncalves, arsenic they airs with Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, and 2 different housemates successful Goncalves' last Instagram post, shared the time earlier the 4 students were stabbed to death. (@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)

Kohberger was pursuing a Ph.D. successful criminology astatine WSU, conscionable 10 miles down the roadworthy from the University of Idaho transgression scene.

While hunt warrants amusement constabulary recovered knives aft Kohberger's arrest, nary person been publically identified arsenic a imaginable execution weapon. 

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Mogen and 3 friends were each killed by aggregate stab wounds.

The different victims were Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.

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Kohberger's proceedings is scheduled to statesman connected Aug. 11 successful Boise. He could look the decease punishment if convicted.

A justice entered not blameworthy pleas connected his behalf astatine his arraignment successful May 2023.