Bryan Kohberger prosecutors will let victims’ families speak, no lay witnesses for sentencing if convicted

The prosecuting lawyer successful the lawsuit of Bryan Kohberger, accused of murdering 4 University of Idaho students, notified the tribunal successful a caller filing that the authorities does not mean to telephone laic witnesses during the punishment signifier of the trial, if helium is convicted. 

The prosecution wrote successful the filing obtained by Fox News Digital that it "hereby provides announcement that the State does not mean to telephone immoderate laic witnesses during the punishment phase."

The papers was filed precocious past week successful the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District successful the State of Idaho.

Bryan Kohberger, right, is escorted into a courtroom to look astatine a proceeding successful Latah County District Court connected Sept. 13, 2023 successful Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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"Rather, the State intends to trust connected grounds and grounds admitted during the guilt phase," the filing says. 

The authorities does mean to let unfortunate interaction statements from contiguous household members of the victims who are contiguous for the imaginable sentencing hearing. 

Read the court filing:

Kohberger is charged with first-degree execution successful the deaths of 4 students astatine the University of Idaho, including Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Ethan Chapin, 20. He is besides charged with 1 number of felony burglary. 

The 4 students were killed successful a location onslaught connected Nov. 13, 2022, adjacent the university's campus.

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Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for his arraignment proceeding successful Latah County District Court connected May 22, 2023 successful Moscow, Idaho. Kohberger is accused of sidesplitting 4 University of Idaho students successful November 2022. (Zach Wilkinson-Pool/Getty Images)

The authorities volition prosecute the decease punishment if Kohberger is convicted. 

His defence attorney, Anne Taylor, precocious recovered herself the entity of Judge Steven Hippler's scorn erstwhile she presented a question to instrumentality the decease punishment disconnected the array successful the case. 

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She argued that the prosecution's find was truthful sloppy that Kohberger could not perchance reappraisal the grounds against him earlier his proceedings is scheduled to statesman successful August.

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Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of sidesplitting 4 University of Idaho students successful November 2022, sits with Anne Taylor, 1 of his attorneys, during a proceeding successful Latah County District Court connected Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023 successful Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)

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"[Kohberger] has been receiving find successful the aforesaid mode for implicit 2 years," Hippler wrote. "[Kohberger] has not sought further resources…to prosecute further unit to reappraisal find oregon get litigation papers power bundle to assistance signifier and benignant the evidence. His pb counsel insisted that she beryllium allowed to instrumentality connected a 2nd high-profile superior lawsuit contempt the voluminous find successful this case."

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Hippler besides added that Taylor, "indicated that her signifier is to personally reappraisal each the find herself, alternatively than trust connected associates and unit to reappraisal materials to chopped done the little applicable accusation and constituent to what materials request reappraisal by pb counsel."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Taylor and to Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson's office. 

Fox News' Adam Sabes contributed to this report.