The person accused of killing conservative main gentle Charlie Kirk was in court docket Friday for a marathon listening to as his attorneys argued to push his case again 4 months and to maintain cameras out of the courtroom going ahead.
Throughout the full-day listening to in a Provo, Utah, court docket, Robinson’s attorneys first requested a choose to postpone a three-day preliminary listening to scheduled for subsequent month, claiming the protection nonetheless hadn’t acquired all of the DNA proof but and had been behind in wading by way of 200 terabytes of knowledge turned over by prosecutors.
“There may be not a sufficient time to find out every little thing we’re lacking,” argued Staci Visser, as she cited, the “sheer magnitude of what we’re coping with — dozens of legislation enforcement businesses and lots of of studies.”
Prosecutor Ryan McBride claimed either side had all of the proof they wanted for the early-stage listening to which he argued didn’t must be delayed.
“We shouldn’t punish the state and the victims and everybody else by delaying the proceedings,” McBride stated.
Robinson, 23, is accused of fatally taking pictures the 31-year-old Turning Level USA co-founder in entrance of a crowd of hundreds at Utah Valley College on Sept. 10, 2025.
Robinson’s attorneys have been combating for the reason that begin of his case to restrict the media from filming and photographing within the courtroom, claiming photos of him may prejudice potential jurors and forestall him from getting a good trial.
The protection has accused the media of sensationalizing the case, pushing political agendas and portray Robinson as a villain.
On Friday, Robinson’s staff deliberate to name two specialists to testify about how the continuous protection of the case will forestall him from getting a good shake at trial.
The primary witness, Dr. Brian Edelman, a California-based trial guide, testified about how tv protection has been sensational fairly than merely educating the general public in regards to the court docket hearings.
“This case is capturing this neighborhood’s consideration,” Edelman stated, citing the outcomes of a survey he performed. “Regardless of the scale of this county, there’s a 99% recognition fee.”
Edelman stated within the massive county of Utah, residents had a 99% recognition fee of Robinson which was terribly excessive in his expertise.
“They’re following considerably or very shut already and nothing has actually occurred but. We haven’t had the preliminary listening to. We haven’t had the large issues occur,” Edelman stated.
Kirk’s widow Erika, who’s a sufferer consultant within the case, has pushed for optimum press entry – as have attorneys representing the media.
Press attorneys have claimed the extra entry the general public has, the simpler it’s to debunk conspiracy theories which have swirled across the case.
Decide Tony Graf stated he would set a listening to the place he would learn his selections on whether or not to postpone trial and whether or not to proceed to permit the press to livestream the hearings.
Robinson’s staff lately misplaced a bid in addition the Utah County Lawyer’s Workplace from prosecuting him as a result of the daughter of one of many prosecutors was simply 80 ft from Kirk when he was shot.
Decide Graf, nevertheless, stated he wasn’t persuaded the prosecutor’s workplace was swayed in any of its prosecutorial decisions just because the daughter was on the public assassination.
Robinson’s staff has additionally been combating to stop prosecutors from conducting any extra testing of the ballistic proof within the case following an preliminary report’s findings.
That report by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discovered the bullet jacket fragment taken from Kirk’s physique throughout an post-mortem was too broken to have the ability to say for positive by hook or by crook whether or not it was fired from the rifle discovered on the scene of the crime.
The identical report discovered a spent .30-06 shell casing was fired from the gun.
Robinson, who’s being held behind bars, may face the demise penalty if he’s convicted on the cost of aggravated homicide.
