--- description: A federal judge set the trial date for two Kazakh nationals, denying their request to drop all charges title: Boston Bombering Suspect's Alleged Accomplices to Face Trial image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5f36239f45e3e90/69868f24810bbb47b0c918d2/ap53751794299.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [boston bombing](/tag/boston-bombing/) ## boston bombing Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Boston Bombing Suspect's Alleged Accomplices to Face Trial  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2014 5:59 PM CUT  This courtroom sketch shows defendants Azamat Tazhayakov, left, Dias Kadyrbayev, center, and Robel Phillipos, right, college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, during a hearing in federal court Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Boston. This courtroom sketch shows defendants Azamat Tazhayakov, left, Dias Kadyrbayev, center, and Robel Phillipos, right, college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, during a hearing in federal court Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Boston.Jane Flavell Collins—AP  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2014 5:59 PM CUT Two Kazakh nationals will stand trial for allegedly helping Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev evade authorities and jettison incriminating evidence. _USA Today_ [reports](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/13/boston-marathon-bomber-tsarnaev/9031245/ "undefined") that Federal Judge Douglas Woodstock rejected the defense team’s request to have all charges against Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov dropped, saying he would not weigh the evidence and act as “fact finder” before the trial dates. Woodstock also rejected the defense team’s request to relocate the pair’s trials outside of Boston, where emotions might not run as high among selected jury members. Woodstock argued that the defense team’s concerns could be resolved through the usual jury vetting process. Kazakh nationals Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov stand accused of obstructing police investigations by removing a laptop from the Boston bombing suspect’s dorm room and taking a backpack filled with firework shells emptied of explosive powder in the days after the April 15, 2013 bombings. Tazhayakov will stand trial on June 30, and Kadyrbayev on Sept. 8\. A third suspect, Robel Phillipos, will stand trial on charges of lying to investigators on Sept. 29. \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/13/boston-marathon-bomber-tsarnaev/9031245/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/97809/boston-bombing-accomplice-trial/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/97809/boston-bombing-accomplice-trial/"},"headline":"Boston Bombing Suspect's Alleged Accomplices to Face Trial","datePublished":"2014-05-13T17:59:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:48:39.660Z","description":"A federal judge set a trial date for alleged Boston bombing accomplices Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, both Kazakh nationals, who are charged with aiding Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to get rid of incriminating evidence and flee authorities","url":"https://time.com/97809/boston-bombing-accomplice-trial/","keywords":["boston bombing","Crime","Terrorism","Kazakhstan","trial","Boston Marathon"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5f36239f45e3e90/69868f24810bbb47b0c918d2/ap53751794299.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5f36239f45e3e90/69868f24810bbb47b0c918d2/ap53751794299.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dias Kadyrbayev, Azamat Tazhayakov, Robel Phillipos","caption":"Dias Kadyrbayev, Azamat Tazhayakov, Robel Phillipos","creditText":"Jane Flavell Collins—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/boston-bombing/","name":"boston bombing"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/97809/boston-bombing-accomplice-trial/","name":"Boston Bombing Suspect's Alleged Accomplices to Face Trial"}}]}] ```