Idaho Judge Grants Kohberger New Lawyers, Reviving Legal Challenge to His Guilty Plea

Judge Steven Hippler gave Bryan Kohberger new court-appointed lawyers, allowing his post-conviction relief petition — a procedural challenge to a conviction after sentencing — to proceed. Kohberger, serving four life terms for the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, says his attorneys misled him into pleading guilty. Having waived appeal rights to avoid the death penalty, this petition is his only remaining legal avenue.