Taylor is one of just 13 public defenders in Idaho approved by the state’s public defense commission to lead a capital punishment case.

Since 2000, the county public defender’s office has represented the homicide victim’s parent off and on in several cases, court records showed.

Since Taylor took over, her office has defended the parent in four cases, including a misdemeanor from August 2017, for which Taylor took over as the attorney of record in September 2022.

Taylor’s office also has represented another parent of a Moscow homicides victim in four criminal cases since she became chief public defender. In two cases, online court records name Taylor as an “inactive” attorney.

It is unclear whether Kohberger is aware of his attorney’s prior connection to the parents of two of the four students he is accused of killing.

Also Monday, a Latah County Court clerk offered no comment to the Statesman about whether Marshall (the judge) was aware of Taylor’s prior representation before appointing the public defender in the Kohberger case.

Aside from Taylor, a dozen public defenders in Idaho are qualified to lead a capital case. But each of them resides well outside North Idaho.




Good article on AT and her lengthy knowledge of CK and KH

Imo, if they use the drug ring defense, she is going to have big problems explaining her in-depth knowledge of CK and her drug habits if she tries to say BCK was there to do and buy drugs


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