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Key hearing for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk will be public, judge rules
The judge said public access is presumed and that defense concerns did not show a realistic risk to Tyler Robinson’s right to a fair trial.
- Judge Tony Graf ruled on Monday that the preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, charged with aggravated murder in Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 killing, will remain open to reporters and the public.
- Robinson, a 23-year-old from southwestern Utah, faces aggravated murder charges for the assassination of Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus; Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty.
- Authorities plan to present forensic analyses, surveillance video, and autopsy findings, including DNA consistent with Robinson found on the rifle trigger, fired casing, and towel. Prosecutors will introduce a note where Robinson allegedly wrote, "I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk."
- While the hearing remains public, Prosecutors agreed to restrict media from viewing or copying certain exhibits that could be used at trial. This follows Defense lawyers' earlier effort to delay the hearing to review extensive material.
- The preliminary hearing, scheduled to begin July 6 through July 10, requires Prosecutors to demonstrate sufficient evidence to warrant a trial, marking the most significant evidentiary presentation since the Sept. 10 shooting.
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Hearing in Charlie Kirk Slaying Will Remain Open to Public, Judge Rules
A key hearing in the case of Tyler James Robinson, the alleged gunman in the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, will be open to the public and media, a judge declared in a June 1 ruling. Judge Tony Graf Jr. also ruled that prosecutors could be held in contempt for out-of-court statements to the media, depending on the outcome of a hearing he set for June 12 in Utah’s Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah. The judge, appearing…
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