Tyler Robinson made his second courtroom look within the killing of Charlie Kirk on Monday, however the case will stay stalled for an additional month as his attorneys study the proof in opposition to him.
Robinson, 22, appeared solely by video on the listening to. He’s anticipated to seem in particular person on the subsequent listening to, which was scheduled for Oct. 30 at 10 a.m.
Beneath Utah legislation, felony defendants are entitled to a preliminary listening to, during which prosecutors lay out the proof and the choose decides if there’s possible trigger for a trial.
Preliminary hearings, like grand jury proceedings elsewhere, nearly all the time result in trials as a result of the burden of proof is decrease. As such, defendants in Utah are additionally allowed to waive the hearings and fast-forward to an arraignment.
Robinson and his attorneys had been scheduled to make a waiver choice on Monday, however the attorneys as an alternative requested for extra time to look at the proof within the case. Prosecutors described the quantity of proof as “voluminous.” The listening to subsequent month will likely be one other waiver listening to.
Kirk, 31, was talking at Utah Valley College on Sept. 10 when he was shot and killed in entrance of tons of of on-lookers. Robinson surrendered to police the next evening on the insistence of members of the family and was charged with aggravated homicide.
Proof in opposition to Robinson consists of DNA discovered on the rifle used to kill Kirk, textual content messages he despatched shortly afterward to a roommate and a observe he left behind in his condominium, based on investigators.
Due to the highlight on the capturing, the numerous quantity of proof and the choice by prosecutors to search the loss of life penalty, the case is prone to transfer intentionally via the justice system.
At Robinson’s first courtroom listening to on Sept. 16, he heard the costs in opposition to him whereas showing by video. At the moment, no attorneys had been appointed to defend him, so the listening to was equally transient.
