According to his attorney, the graduate student from Washington State University who is charged with killing four University of Idaho students won’t object to efforts to extradite him to Idaho.

Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. candidate in criminology, will give up his right to be extradited, according to Jason LaBar, the chief public defender in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, and the lawyer he is represented by. Kohberger will give up this right at his court appearance on Tuesday, according to LaBar.

At around 1:45 a.m. on Friday, Kohberger, of Albrightsville, was detained by Pennsylvania State Police at a residence in the nearby Chestnuthill Township, which a prosecutor informed The New York Times is Kohberger’s parents’ home.

LaBar advised the Statesman over the phone on Saturday that waiving rights must be done in front of a judge.

Kohberger is “ready to be exonerated of these charges,” according to a statement by LaBar.

“Mr. Kohberger has been accused of very serious crimes, but the American justice system cloaks him in a veil of innocence,” LaBar said. “He should be presumed innocent until proven otherwise — not tried in the court of public opinion. One should not pass judgment about the facts of the case unless and until a fair trial in court at which time all sides may be heard and inferences challenged.”

According to Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson, he is accused of killing four people by stabbing them to death: freshmen Ethan Chapin, 20, of Post Falls; junior Xana Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls; and Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene.

LaBar said that once Kohberger is extradited back to Idaho, he plans to ask the court for a public defender.

“He does not have the funding to get a private attorney,” LaBar said.

LaBar claimed that in order to get a lawyer “appointed as soon as feasible,” he contacted the Idaho Public Defense Commission.

A Saturday phone call wasn’t immediately answered by the commission.

Kohberger and his parents, according to LaBar, couldn’t afford a private attorney since it’s possible that Idaho prosecutors may pursue the death penalty, which would raise the expense of the trial.

It is unknown if the Latah County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will seek the death sentence. A call Saturday to the office did not immediately receive a response.

According to a list made public, the Idaho Public Defense Commission has approved 29 attorneys to represent a person facing the death penalty in Idaho.