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Bryan Kohberger handwrote his plea to withdraw his guilty plea \u2026 as he makes move to toss his life sentence for the murders at the University of Idaho, TMZ has learned.
TMZ obtained the petition filed by Kohberger, who is currently locked up in an Idaho prison serving a sentence of life without parole, claiming his trial lawyers were \u201cineffective.\u201d
In the paperwork, Kohberger alleged he entered his plea in the case \u201cnot knowingly or voluntarily\u201d because \u201che was induced by unkept promises.\u201d
He claimed his former lawyer insisted that his plea in court not be truthful, despite his vehement denial of actual guilt.
Kohberger said he was pressured to lie and enter a guilty plea in order to avoid death row.
He said there was a gross misrepresentation of, and promises regarding what a life sentence would immediately afford him, and a gross misrepresentation of death row in Idaho, including an \u201celaborate fabricated story\u201d of counsel\u2019s horrific experience touring an actual death row cell, all communicated to Kohberger and his family by lawyers in order to pressure him to enter a plea.
As TMZ previously reported, Kohberger pleaded guilty in July 2025 to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin
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