John Prior, who defended Chad Daybell, shares his thoughts on Bryan Kohberger’s trial

Don Nelson, KIVI

BOISE (KIVI) — The past clip we saw lawyer John Prior was successful a fourth-floor courtroom arsenic a assemblage sentenced his client, Chad Daybell, to death. Now, for nan first clip since that day, John Prior sits down to talk astir what it was for illustration being portion of nan high-profile lawsuit and what attorneys for Bryan Kohberger tin expect.

Below is nan transcript from nan broadcast story.

Almost 5 years ago, John Prior was thrust into nan nationalist spotlight erstwhile he agreed to correspond Chad Daybell, nan man convicted of sidesplitting his ex-wife Tammy and his girlfriend’s 2 youngest children Tylee and J.J., a proceedings Idaho News 6 reported connected each day. But, since nan extremity of nan two-month trial, Prior has gotten backmost to his day-to-day responsibilities arsenic a Meridian proceedings lawyer.

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“Well, Don, I’ve made a constituent of trying to support a debased floor plan did not want to remark connected nan case. I understand that immoderate of nan prosecutors and immoderate of nan constabulary officers commented. I’m not going to remark connected nan lawsuit (because) there’s an entreaty going on. I don’t want to show immoderate quality to either broadside arsenic acold arsenic nan appeal. So it’s not due for maine to comment. But I took a small clip disconnected and now, I’m moving pinch Ray Schild and he’s pinch nan Boise rule firm.”

Another high-profile proceedings is coming to nan Ada County Courthouse adjacent summer. Bryan Kohberger will beryllium tried for nan murders of 4 University of Idaho students successful 2022.

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“I don’t cognize if there’s immoderate measurement to hole for nan media, nan intrusion into your individual life and nan attraction that’s placed connected nan lawyers erstwhile you’re doing thing for illustration this. I thinks it’s going to beryllium a spot of a daze to each of nan lawyers connected some sides, nan magnitude of attraction they’re going to get. I don’t cognize if anyhow tin hole for that.”

And arsenic acold arsenic nan alteration of venue, Prior says he believes they tin prime an unbiased assemblage successful Ada County.

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“I deliberation that nan courts astir apt going to televise nan trial, helping those family members who unrecorded successful Moscow, and up there, to beryllium capable astatine slightest position nan proceedings and participate.”

Prior looks guardant to being connected nan sidelines for Kohberger rrial.

“There’s a definite magnitude of interest, now that I’m done pinch what I was doing. I americium willing successful what’s going on. I’m going to beryllium fascinated. I cognize each 3 lawyers, not personally, but I cognize of each 3 lawyers. It’s what I do for a living. So I’m going to travel it and effort to get an thought what their strategy and strategies are, really they’re going to prosecute and take sides nan case. And, there’s an liking there, truthful now, I’m nan spectator. I’m perfectly happy now being a spectator.

I asked Prior what he has learned astir himself complete nan past 5 years.

“I learned a batch — immoderate of it I don’t want to stock pinch you. I astir apt learned much patience, I sewage an opportunity to activity pinch immoderate exceptional group while I was moving connected nan lawsuit and it’s 1 of those experiences that I will retrieve nan remainder of my life. I’ll ne'er hide it.”

According to nan Ada County Sheriff’s Office, Bryan Kohberger will beryllium held successful nan Ada County Jail until nan proceedings and held separately for his ain and others’ safety.

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