Court Filing
Electronically Filed 2/1/2024 4:40 PM Second Judicial District, Latah County Julie Fry, Clerk of the Court By: Tamzen Reeves, Deputy Clerk Anne C. Taylor, Public Defender Kootenai County Public Defender PO Box 9000 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83816 Phone: (208) 446-1700; Fax: (208) 446-1701 Bar Number: 5836 iCourt Email: pdfax@kcgov.us Elisa G. Massoth, PLLC Attorney at Law P.O. Box 1003 Payette, Idaho 83661 Phone: 208-642-3797; Fax: 208-642-3799 Assigned Attorney: Anne C. Taylor, Public Defender, Bar Number: 5836 Jay W. Logsdon, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Bar Number: 8759 Elisa G. Massoth, Attorney at Law, Bar Number: 5647 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LATAН STATE OF IDAHO CASE NUMBER CR29-22-2805 Plaintiff, V. MOTION TO ALLOW CERTAIN EXPERTS AND INVESTIGATORS BRYAN C. KOHBERGER, PROTECTED ACCESS TO VIEW IGG MATERIALS Defendant. COMES NOW, Bryan C. Kohberger, by and through his attorneys, and hereby moves this Court for An Order allowing certain experts and investigators protected access to view IGG materials. Counsel for Mr. Kohberger has reviewed the materials currently available under the Court's Sealed Order for Disclosure of IGG Information and Protective Order filed with the MOTION TO ALLOW CERTAIN EXPERTS AND INVESTIGATORS PROTECTED ACCESS TO VIEW IGG MATERIALS Page 1 Court on 12/29/23 and requests the Court to include additional members of the defense team access to the materials. Mr. Kohberger specifically requests the current Protective Order to expand and allow defense experts Dr. Leah Larkin, Bicka Barlow, and Steven Mercer access to the materials. Further, Mr. Kohberger requests that the criminal investigators that are part of the defense team be allowed to have access to the materials as well. Expanding the current Protective Order to include additional members of the defense team and Experts includes each additional person subject to the restrictions in the Protective Order. This request is grounded in Mr. Kohberger's 6th Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel and counsel's ongoing duty to investigate the case brought against Mr. Kohberger. Access to these materials is necessary to investigate how and when Mr. Kohberger was identified as a suspect. DATED this 1 day of February, 2024. ANNE C. TAYLOR, PUBLIC DEFENDER ΚΟΟΤΕΝΑI COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER BY: ANNE TAYLOR PUBLIC DEFENDER CERTIFICATE OF DELIVERY I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was personally served as indicated below on the 1 day of February, 2024 addressed to: Latah County Prosecuting Attorney -via Email: paservice@latahcountyid.gov Elisa Massoth-via Email: legalassistant@kmrs.net Du Jul MOTION TO ALLOW CERTAIN EXPERTS AND INVESTIGATORS PROTECTED ACCESS TO VIEW IGG MATERIALS Page 2