Episode 663: Court Seals Another Exhibit to a Discovery Response

In Episode 663, we note that the Court on May 22, 2025 entered an Order on May 22, 2025, granting a Defense Motion to Seal Exhibit "F" to its 6th Supplemental Response to the State of Idaho's discovery request a few hours after that motion to seal another exhibit to discovery was filed (also on May 22, 2025). No reason appears showing how or why disclosure under the rule of court or statute authorizing sealing of documents from public disclosure has been met. We opine here this follows a continuing trend established at the start of the case where the parties will file a document on the public docket serving or responding to discovery, but requesting that an exhibit (with the actual discovery requests or responses) to be filed under seal. In Episode 662, we note that the defense on May 21, 2025 filed a motion to seal its objections to the Juror Questionnaires in anticipation of the upcoming Summer 2025 trial in Idaho v. Kohberger. One day later on May 22, 2025, the Court granted this motion thereby ordering Defense's objections to the juror questionnaires to be sealed from public disclosure. Everything stated herein is not legal advice, but represents only the creator's pure opinions based on the court filings and proffered pursuant to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution (Freedom of Speech and of the Press) and is offered for educational purposes only. Mr. Kohberger is presumed innocent of the five first degree felonies he has been charged with until or unless he (1) pleads guilty or (2) is adjudicated guilty in a court of law.#Idaho4 #IdahoFour #BryanKohberger #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeCommunity