Would A Jury Have Convicted Bryan Kohberger At Trial? Defense Attorney Bob Motta Breaks It Down
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Would a jury have convicted Bryan Kohberger if this case went to trial? Or was there just enough uncertainty to risk a not-guilty verdict? In this episode, we get the legal perspective from defense attorney Bob Motta on the evidence, the strategy, and the real risks both sides were weighing.
With DNA evidence, cell phone data, the sheath, and witness timelines on the table—Motta walks us through how a trial might have played out. He offers expert-level insight into the prosecution’s strongest cards, and where a defense attorney could have still tried to punch holes.
More importantly, we examine what prosecutors feared going into trial. Was it the inexperience of the DA’s office? The risk of a rogue juror? The emotional weight of a four-victim case in a small-town courtroom?
If you’ve been questioning why this didn’t go to trial, this episode offers the most grounded legal explanation you’ll hear anywhere.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case against Brian Koberger. |
| 0:08.0 | Oh, here we are, a place. I don't think any of us really thought we would be right before the supposed start of the Kovberger trial, which we thought may get pushed back further, but surprise, it all ended much sooner than we all expected. |
| 0:20.4 | Joining me to discuss where we're at, |
| 0:22.4 | where it's going. Bob Mana, defense attorney, extraordinary. I like, I've had an extraordinaire to it |
| 0:29.3 | this week. I appreciate that, my brother. So where were you when? When you got the news that oh, my God, he's giving a plea? |
| 0:40.1 | I was in my kitchen cooking. |
| 0:41.6 | Robin Drake, one of our contributors texted me going, did you see? |
| 0:45.1 | I was like, holy, yeah. |
| 0:46.9 | How about you? |
| 0:47.4 | Okay. |
| 0:48.1 | I love this question. |
| 0:50.6 | And ironically, when we found out, because it was Friday, right? |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah, I think so. |
| 0:59.2 | He was pleading. |
| 1:00.7 | My father had just had a stroke. |
| 1:03.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:04.1 | So I was in the hospital with my dad, because I had just gotten done with, |
| 1:15.8 | yeah, I'd like some softball with my daughter when the news kind of broke. |
| 1:19.9 | And then I'm like, and it was kind of like one of those things. |
| 1:23.4 | And you and I both as kind of, you know, reporters. |
| 1:26.9 | And we like to get things out as soon as possible. |
| 1:29.4 | I'm like, man, it's like this every time for me |
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