Idaho murders: Kohberger defense reaching out to potential jurors with 'survey' before judge banned contact

Bryan Kohberger's defense team is crying foul after a judge ordered both sides in the Idaho student murders case to stay away from potential jurors ahead of a change-of-venue hearing that could move the upcoming trial out of Latah County, where the slayings happened. 'The late Friday afternoon filing was a strategic action by the State,' defense attorney Anne Taylor wrote in a motion to rescind Judge John Judge's ban.

Taylor is arguing that because the order came before a hearing on the issue, the suspected quadruple murderer's 14th Amendment rights to due process were violated. 'Both parties are prohibited from contacting potential jurors about this case, including via third parties, until further order of this Court,' Judge John Judge wrote in a short order March 22 made public Monday evening. 'A hearing on this issue will be held as soon as practicable.

In order to gather sufficient evidence to support their application, the defense retained an expert who ‘sampled’ the potential juror pool to assess potential bias in Latah County,' he told Fox News Digital. 'This was done by way of a telephone survey of 400 residents.' Taylor's office hired a social psychologist named Bryan Edelman to conduct the polling.

The defense is not ‘disclosing’ information,' Taylor wrote to the court. 'The defense is asking prospective jurors in the county of Latah as to what information they are aware of that was previously ‘disclosed’ vis-a-vis the press.' 'Two things seem to favor the defense,' Gelman said. 'First, the surveys do indeed appear to be about gathering information as opposed to disseminating information.

Thompson has countered that the case is already receiving global attention and media coverage and that a change of venue would not be necessary.

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