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During the hearing on April 9, defense attorneys also pushed to have audio from the 911 call made by the victim’s roommate excluded from the trial. Hippler said he’d consider only allowing a redacted version of the call to be aired during the trial, but said he’ll likely allow the 911 call audio to be played.
Hippler said he’d rule on some motions after the hearing.
Former FBI special agent Jonathan Gilliam told Fox News Digital that he thinks Kohberger’s defense team is focused on creating doubt for future jurors.
“It’s important to realize that [the defense] are not focused on his guilt or innocence. They’re focused on showing or creating the illusion that the prosecution does not have a strong enough case to convict,” Gilliam said. “Whether or not these defense attorneys believe that Bryan Kohberger didn’t murder these four individuals or not is irrelevant to the defense.”
“[The defense is] trying to influence the court so that the court ends up creating a barrier or a hurdle for the prosecution,” he added.
During the April 9 hearing, defense attorney Anne Taylor attempted to argue that the prosecution is intentionally slow-walking discovery, but later admitted that all requests from the defense have been provided.
Gilliam said this was another attempt from Taylor to try and delay the process even more.
“They have been able to stall it over and over again,” Gilliam said of Taylor’s courtroom tactics. “And I wonder if they’re trying to do that, to put distance enough where they can get a more sympathetic jury, where they hope that some of the evidentiary stuff can be thrown out because maybe it’s not as crystal clear as the prosecution wants.”
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Former homicide detective and Fox News contributor Ted Williams told Fox News Digital that Kohberger’s defense team is trying to do everything they can to poke holes in the prosecution’s arguments.
“What they’re doing is they’re throwing any and everything they can against the wall and they’re hoping that something will stick,” Williams said. “But there’s overwhelming evidence that put Bryan Kohberger not only in the house, but evidence that show that it’s more likely than not that he is the killer of these four young students.”
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A jury trial is scheduled for Aug. 11.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
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