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Sealed Hearing. What Did Judge M Decide about the Walk the Dog letter? | Case Brief

The Emily Show

Baker Media, LLC.

Entertainment News, True Crime, News

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Watch the full coverage of the live stream on The Emily D. Baker YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/9ue8hl0hDpc In this Case Brief, we cover the significant rulings from the recent sealed motions hearing that are shaping the upcoming trial of Kouri Richins. She is accused of killing her husband, Eric Richins, with a lethal dose of fentanyl. The judge has granted Court TV full camera access, allowing for the live streaming of the trial proceedings. The court ruled, in part, on the admissibility of the highly controversial "walk the dog letter" (Docket 214). The prosecution argues the letter, written by the defendant, is an attempt to solicit false testimony from her brother to support a fabricated defense that Eric obtained fentanyl, thus revealing her "consciousness of guilt." The Kouri Richins trial is set to begin on February 23rd, with jury selection starting on February 11th. Don't miss this crucial breakdown of what the jury is likely to see and hear! RESOURCES Kouri Richins Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gJYyEMQDM_Cn4icqWBV20fW Karen Read 2025 Trial - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gL3CbMJHvrKiAD1aDNcblnO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome back. It's time for a case brief, keeping you in the loop with the cases you care about most, just more briefly.

0:41.3

If you want the full coverage, it's linked in the description below. But for now, let's get into it.

0:46.8

Utah versus Corey Richens. She has been accused of the attempted murder and then subsequent murder of her husband, Eric Richens.

0:55.0

There are also numerous fraud claims and false insurance claims that are going to trial

1:01.0

alongside and with the attempted murder and aggravated murder charges.

1:06.0

There is also a completely separate case involving forgery, mortgage fraud, and other fraud that

1:14.4

will go after the murder case if it goes to trial. If she's convicted, it would not surprise

1:22.0

me if they are able to resolve that. What we are covering today is the breaking news, the motions that we got brutally rebuffed from

1:33.0

getting to watch, and the motions that we have on the record that we didn't get to, we're going to cover

1:39.8

it a little bit. On the docket this morning was the judge's approval for streaming the trial.

1:47.1

So court TV has been approved for pool and the court approved live streaming. I didn't think

1:54.1

this was going to happen. We are not going to see court staff and he also put a note any child

1:59.2

witnesses. I do not anticipate that there will be witnesses. I do not anticipate that there will be any.

2:03.3

I do not think that there will be any child witnesses.

2:05.8

However, if we get to impact statements, they may have impact statements from the children.

2:12.6

Generally, those would be written and read into the record.

2:15.5

We don't know.

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