Sign this petition to remove Anne Taylor as Bryan Kohbergers attorney. Anne Taylor, the chief of the Kootenai County public defender's office, began representing Kohberger, 28, after he was extradited in Idaho where he is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary, earlier in January.

Taylor, who is chief of the Kootenai County Public Defender’s Office, was the attorney for 1 (possibly 3) of the victims' family members only to drop them as clients to pursue defending their children's alleged killer, Bryan Kohberger.

Taylor was defending Kohbergers alleged victims' families back in November 2022 only to drop them as clients once an official arrest was made on Kohberger. 

Court records show Taylor filed an attorney withdrawal notice in Kootenai County Court for victim Kernodle's mother, Cara Kernodle, on January 5—the same day Kohberger made an initial appearance in the Latah County courtroom. 

 

Neama Rahmani, an attorney and former federal prosecutor, said there is "a potential conflict of interest because Taylor presumably has to cross-examine the parent during the guilt or death penalty phase of the trial, if necessary."

 

"The public defender's role as the lawyer for a murder victim's parent where she now represents the alleged murderer––at a minimum––presents an appearance of a possible conflict."

 

Anne Taylor filed a document asking the court to withdraw from representing her former client, one day after Bryan Kohberger was extradited to Idaho to face death penalty charges for the fatal stabbing of Xana Kernodle, her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, and two roommates, Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen in Moscow, Idaho.

 

A legal expert has warned that quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger could have his conviction overturned if his current attorney does not recuse herself from the case – after a 'glaring' conflict of interest came to light.

 

A legal expert is now calling for Taylor to recuse herself from the Kohberger case as he believes it could result in the suspected killer appealing any result in which he is found guilty.

 

California Appellate and litigation lawyer Matthew Barhoma told DailyMail.com that Taylor seems to want to work on the case with Kohberger – describing it as an 'odd and unique' situation.

There is a very high likelihood that the parents are going to testify in the trial, especially if it becomes a death penalty trial.

 

'The parents and the families are going to stand up in court and testify, and in that instance, Taylor would be cross-examining her own former client.' 

 

This is a MAJOR conflict of interest with possible, terrible repercussions. 

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