Idaho murderer Bryan Kohberger sentencing – courtroom video

A judge granted quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger a new hearing as the convicted killer seeks to withdraw his guilty plea.

Last month, Kohberger sought to undo his guilty plea.

Kohberger previously pleaded guilty to killing four University of Idaho students. He is expected to claim that he had bad counsel.

Kootenai County Public Defender Anne Taylor represented Bryan Kohberger.

Bryan Kohberger is now claiming he is innocent.

Judge Hippler, who oversaw Kohberger’s previous hearings and accepted his guilty pleas, set a status conference for June 3, 2027, and an evidentiary hearing on June 17, 2027.

Fox News reported:

Convicted quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger, who admitted to stabbing four University of Idaho students a year before he proclaimed his innocence and asked to withdraw his guilty plea, has been granted two days in court next year as part of his petition for post-conviction relief.

Judge Steven Hippler, who accepted Kohberger’s guilty pleas in July 2025, set a status conference for June 3, 2027, and an evidentiary hearing two weeks later on June 17 of that year, according to a court order dated Wednesday.

Prosecutors had asked the judge to dismiss Kohberger’s petition without a hearing.

Kohberger, who was facing a firing squad if convicted of killing four University of Idaho students, accepted a plea deal and will spend life in prison without parole.

He is currently being housed in solitary confinement on “J Block” – and only gets 60 minutes of outdoor time per day.

The 30-year-old killer was indicted by a secret grand jury in 2024 and charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in the slayings of four University of Idaho students.

Kohberger fatally stabbed 20-year-old Ethan Chapin of Conway, Washington; 21-year-old Madison Mogen of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; 20-year-old Xana Kernodle of Avondale, Arizona; and 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves of Rathdrum, Idaho on November 13, 2022.

Kohberger victims: Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle

Kohberger is reportedly being taunted by his inmates as he serves four consecutive life sentences at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution just south of Boise.

At the time, it was unclear what the inmates were shouting, but it was later reported that the inmates were making Kohberger’s life a living hell with vulgar and violent threats.

NewsNation host Brian Entin last year reported that, according to the brief summary of the incident and action taken, one of the inmates who goes by ‘Peru’ allegedly threatened to “b*** f*ck” Kohberger and made other vulgar threats against the quadruple murderer.

Kohberger said that another inmate from tier 1 of J-Block said, “The only ass we’ll be eating is Kohberger’s.”

According to handwritten complaint forms obtained by Brian Entin, Kohberger (a self-described vegan) is also complaining about the food served to him in prison.