By Bob Walsh
Judge Stephen Hippler is running
the Kohberger trial in Moscow, Idaho. That is the rather notorious
case of the murder of four University of Idaho students. Judge Hippler
has just ruled against Kohberger's use of the SODDI defense.
This
defense (Some Other Dude Did It) is of course the basis of a lot of
criminal defense strategy. In this case the judge said NO. Kohberger
was planning to allege that any one of four named alternate suspects, or
a combination thereof, in fact committed the murders. The trouble is
all four cooperated fully with the investigation, had reasonable alibis
and gave DNA samples for comparison. Not one of them had any DNA trace
at the crime scene where Bryan Kohberger left significant DNA at the
scene, as well as a bunch of other forensic evidence. There was ZERO
evidence to implicate any of the alternate suspects.
Kohberger
was initially tripped up by a familial DNA match to physical evidence
left at the crime scene. That resulted in a court order to supply a DNA
sample which has very likely nailed Kohberger's ass for these
murders.
Kohberger's
lawyer can of course go after the thoroughness and scope of the police
investigation but can not suggest any of these particular named suspects
did the deed absent any actual evidence to support this contention.
The
judge has denied any further stalls by the defense. The case is
supposed to go to trial in about five weeks and could result in
Kohberger having a date with a firing squad.
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