Any conviction and sentence resulting from a capital trial beginning in August 2025 will be unconstitutionally imposed and, therefore, vulnerable to reversal on direct or collateral review,” Kohberger’s defense attorneys wrote.

It’s not the first time Bryan Kohberger’s defense has raised the possibility of an alternative perpetrator or perpetrators in the deaths of four Idaho students.

Defense attorneys for Bryan Kohberger filed a motion to delay the trial after “Dateline NBC” aired information that they say was leaked from the case. CNN’s Jean Casarez reports.