Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder along with a count of felony burglary. A defendant is eligible for the death penalty in Idaho only with a first-degree murder or conspiracy to commit first-degree murder conviction — such as in the criminal cases of Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell.

Attorneys for the man charged with murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022 asked a judge Thursday to take the death penalty off the table as the case heads to trial.Anne Taylor, a defense attorney for 29-year-old Bryan Kohberger,

Attorneys for Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger will ask the court to drop the death penalty sentence if he is found guilty in the 2022 deaths of four University of Idaho students next year.