Bryan Kohberger challenges conviction in Idaho murders - CBS News
Bryan Kohberger, who is serving life sentences for the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, has filed a petition for post-conviction relief. He claims he was misled into his guilty plea, despite having previously admitted to the crimes in court.
Why it matters
This legal challenge reopens a high-profile criminal case that had previously been considered resolved through a plea deal.
Bryan Kohberger, the man serving multiple life sentences for the murders of four University of Idaho students, is challenging his conviction. Kohberger, a former criminal justice doctoral student, filed a petition for post-conviction relief Monday, court records show. CBS News has requested a copy of the petition. Kohberger is representing himself.Kohberger first revealed he had filed the petition in an interview with The New York Times, which reported that Kohberger is claiming he was misled into confessing. Kohberger pleaded guilty last July to the 2022 stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves in an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho. He was sentenced to four life sentences without the possibility of parole. The murders and search for the suspect drew national attention in November 2022. Kohberger's arrest in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, was announced more than a month after the murders.
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