Bryan Kohberger seeks judge’s removal in escalating bid to undo guilty plea

Bryan Kohberger filed a motion to remove the judge presiding over his case and sought to withdraw his guilty plea for the murders of four University of Idaho students, according to court filings. Kohberger was convicted in 2025 of killing Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in Moscow, Idaho in November 2022. He has claimed the guilty plea was not entered voluntarily.

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