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Idaho murders: Judge issues GAG ORDER blocking officials, defense from discussing case against Bryan Kohberger
Fox News ^ | 1/3/2023 | Michael Ruiz

Posted on 01/04/2023 5:03:15 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta

An Idaho judge issued a GAG ORDER Tuesday blocking investigators and attorneys on both sides from discussing the murder case against Bryan Kohberger, the Pennsylvania man accused of killing four college students in November.

On January 3, Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall issued a nondissemination order in regard to the murder case against Bryan Kohberger," Moscow police said.

"The order PROHIBITS any COMMUNICATION by investigators, law enforcement personnel, attorneys, and agents of the prosecuting attorney or defense attorney concerning this case."

The department said it would "no longer be communicating with the public or the media" regarding the high-profile murder.

“Marshall's order prohibits the discussion of topics including evidence in the case, a potential confession, the possibility of a plea deal, opinions regarding the merits of the case or the defense, and the "character, credibility or criminal record of a party."

Pennsylvania police and the FBI arrested Kohberger in a gated Poconos community in Albrightsville on Dec 30.

He had driven there in the suspect vehicle with his father from Pullman, Washington in mid-December.

They were stopped twice in Indiana, once for allegedly speeding and another for tailgating, but they were not cited.

Moscow police at the time had not released the license plate of the white Hyundai Elantra they were looking for.

They were asking for help tracking down a 2011 to 2013 model year vehicle. Kohberger was driving a 2015.

Kohberger was a Ph.D student at the Washington State University's Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology.

Last year, he obtained a master's degree in criminal justice from DeSales University, studying under an expert criminal psychologist.

At a court hearing on Tuesday, Kohberger waived extradition and will be brought back to Idaho, to face murder charges for the deaths of Goncalves, Chapin, Kernodle and Mogen.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: gag; gagorder; kohberger
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Pennsylvania State Police Maj. Christopher Paris said that "force was used" to gain access to the Kohbergers' home during the early morning hours of Dec. 30 in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania.
1 posted on 01/04/2023 5:03:15 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

The article does not say who requested the gag order, or the judge’s reasoning for issuing it.


2 posted on 01/04/2023 5:12:09 AM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: heartwood

“An Idaho judge issued a GAG ORDER Tuesday”

It’s for the best


3 posted on 01/04/2023 5:15:09 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

“the possibility of a plea deal”

just the thought of that should raise the roof right off Idaho =no way, no how


4 posted on 01/04/2023 5:18:41 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

RE: gag order - so does that mean the documents we’ve been told would be released once he is in the Idaho court will not now be released?


5 posted on 01/04/2023 5:20:05 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

“So, you guys are using 23 and Me to find criminals now?”

“SHUT UP!”


6 posted on 01/04/2023 5:20:16 AM PST by struggle
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To: PghBaldy

such as probable cause affidavit?


7 posted on 01/04/2023 5:24:22 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: heartwood
The article does not say who requested the gag order, or the judge’s reasoning for issuing it.

Too much publicity can be said to poison the jury pool.
8 posted on 01/04/2023 5:24:31 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
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To: struggle
23 and Me to find criminals now?”

And there it is. Another deep state shell company. "Hey, it's a private company, they can sell their data to whomever the alphabet agencies demand."

9 posted on 01/04/2023 5:25:18 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

How are these ‘gag order’s constitutional?

I can see where some case might require things to be undisclosed in public (example: national security issues), but what on earth would a murder case require this for?


10 posted on 01/04/2023 5:26:47 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare its ? And the ambassador to Ukraineelf)
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To: heartwood

Gag orders guarantee that the information will be shouted out with a megaphone, or just made up and shouted out. Gag orders are the current corrupt media’s best friend because they don’t have to report real stuff - just make it up and report it from a “person with knowledge of the case”.


11 posted on 01/04/2023 5:28:58 AM PST by silent majority rising
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To: Dr. Sivana

I agree with you, but I don’t think judges just jump in without request. Maybe Idaho law appoints judges to supervise murder cases.


12 posted on 01/04/2023 5:30:11 AM PST by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: blueplum

A plea deal would be whether he gets the death penalty or spends his entire life in prison. Idaho hasn’t executed anyone since 2012


13 posted on 01/04/2023 5:33:50 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: PghBaldy

“so does that mean the documents we’ve been told would be released once he is in the Idaho court will not now be released?”
***
Apparently


14 posted on 01/04/2023 5:44:39 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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To: Sirius Lee; struggle
23 and Me

Ancestry.com

They're our friends. Like Facebook. Yeah, that's the ticket.

There will be no place on Earth to hide from the coming 4th beast of Daniel 7:23.


15 posted on 01/04/2023 5:45:10 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

We knew this was coming. You won’t hear anything until trial except for an occasional strategic leak benefiting whoever leaked it. The rest of the talk will just be rumor.


16 posted on 01/04/2023 5:48:52 AM PST by dforest
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To: struggle

I don’t think so. Gedmatch is public. They may have uploaded data there.


17 posted on 01/04/2023 5:51:17 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: heartwood

Well we all know the guy’s politics now. I am sure all his social media has been scrubbed and is being recreated to match the narrative of the day.


18 posted on 01/04/2023 5:52:29 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Public records can be released. Comments are prohibited. So the affidavit is fair game.


19 posted on 01/04/2023 5:54:38 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Some discussion of SCOTUS cases about gag orders.


20 posted on 01/04/2023 5:55:38 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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