Court Filing
Filed: 02/20/2025 14:28:50 Fourth Judicial District, Ada County Trent Tripple, Clerk of the Court By: Deputy Clerk-Waters, Renee LATAH COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE WILLIAM W. THOMPSON, JR., PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, ISB No. 2613 ASHLEY S. JENNINGS, ISB. No. 8492 SENIOR DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Latah County Courthouse 522 S. Adams Street, Ste. 211 Moscow, ID 83843 Phone: (208) 883-2246 paservice@latahcountyid.gov IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA STATE OF IDAHO, Case No. CR01-24-31665 Plaintiff, SEALED REDACTED PROPOSED REDACTIONS TO JANUARY 23, 2025, CLOSED HEARING TRANSCRIPT V. BRYAN C. KOHBERGER, Defendant. COME NOW the State of Idaho, by and through the Latah County Prosecuting Attorney, and in response to the Court's January 27, 2025, “ Order Regarding January 23, 2025, Hearing Transcript " submits the following proposed redactions from the January 23, 2025, closed hearing transcript: PROPOSED REDACTIONS TO JANUARY 23, 2025, CLOSED HEARING TRANSCRIPT 1 1. Page 25, line 6-Page 26, line 21 (this refers to a witness and roommate of the victims, █████████████████, whose identity has been protected at least in part due to hostile public and social media postings-this portion of the transcript relates to a question by defense counsel to which the State objected, and the objection was sustained). 2. Page 28, line 12-Page 31, line 18 (this portion of the transcript involved inquiries by the Defendant related to a separate Franks motion instead of the relevant IGG topic and, like the portion listed immediately above, was objected to by the State and the objection was sustained). 3. Page 151, line 6-8 and 15 (this portion of the transcript deals with the names of distant relatives of the Defendant identified through investigative genetic genealogy research and which is already subject to a protective order previously issued by the Honorable John C. Judge, when he was presiding in this case.) 4. Page 153, line 9 - (this portion of the transcript relates to the brothers " who were also identified as potential relatives of the Defendant through the use of Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) and whose identities are subject to the prior presiding judge's Protective Order on IGG materials). The State respectfully submits these redactions are appropriate under I.C.A.R. 32 (g) (1) in that they are exempt from public disclosure under Idaho Code 74-124 (1) (c) as public release would constitute an " unwarranted invasion of personal privacy " as defined by Idaho Code 74-101 (16) (a) (ii). Additionally, the references to individuals whose names were identified through the IGG process as potential relatives of Defendant are already protected by the prior presiding Judge's Protective Order on IGG Materials. The State submits that these portions of the transcript are also subject to redaction pursuant to I.C.A.R. 32 (i) (3) (A) (1), (5), and (6) that publication of this information could be highly objectionable to a reasonable person; the records contain facts or statements that PROPOSED REDACTIONS TO JANUARY 23, 2025, CLOSED HEARING TRANSCRIPT 2 might endanger a person's life or safety; and redaction is necessarily to preserve the right to a fair trial. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 18th day of February 2025. 2224 William W. Thompson, Jr. Prosecuting Attorney PROPOSED REDACTIONS TO JANUARY 23, 2025, CLOSED HEARING TRANSCRIPT 3 CERTIFICATE OF DELIVERY I hereby certify that true and correct copies of the PROPOSED REDACTIONS TO JANUARY 23, 2025, CLOSED HEARING TRANSCRIPT were served on the following in the manner indicated below: Anne Taylor Mailed Attorney at Law E-filed & Served / E-mailed PO Box 2347 Faxed Coeur D Alene, ID 83816 info@annetaylorlaw.com Hand Delivered Dated this 18th day of February 2025. S PROPOSED REDACTIONS TO JANUARY 23, 2025, CLOSED HEARING TRANSCRIPT 4