Tyler Robinson hearing delayed months in Charlie Kirk shooting case

Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspected killer accused of taking pictures Turning Level USA founder Charlie Kirk throughout a campus look at Utah Valley College final month, will now not present his face at a Provo courthouse throughout a scheduled in-person listening to later this week.

Robinson returned to courtroom Monday for a digital look, the place he spoke solely briefly, off digicam, because the decide dominated on a movement to have him put on common clothes in courtroom sooner or later.

Decide Tony Graf granted Robinson’s request to look in avenue garments sooner or later, however denied his request to look with out restrictions. He made no choice based mostly on a prosecutor’s request that each one non-evidence hearings be performed remotely sooner or later, and he informed the events they may file a brand new movement to restrict information cameras within the courtroom.

He additionally defined that the now-canceled Oct. 30 listening to was postponed as a result of attorneys wanted extra time for discovery and to clarify their motions.

WHAT WILL TYLER ROBINSON’S DEFENSE STRATEGY BE? EXPERTS INVESTIGATE ACCUSED CHARLIE KIRK KILLER

This cut up picture reveals suspected killer Tyler James Robinson, left, and sufferer Charlie Kirk, a founding father of Turning Level USA, proper. (Workplace of Gov. Spencer Cox; AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)

Robinson’s attorneys should present jail officers with avenue garments 72 hours earlier than any upcoming hearings, the decide mentioned.

“The courtroom finds that Mr. Robinson’s proper to the presumption of innocence outweighs the minimal inconvenience related to permitting civilian clothes,” Graf mentioned through the 20-minute listening to. Nevertheless, he mentioned the suspect would nonetheless must put on minimal restrictions in courtroom resulting from security issues and the seriousness of the fees in opposition to him.

Robinson spoke solely briefly through the look, throughout which he emerged from jail remotely and didn’t present his face.

When the decide requested if he may hear the proceedings, Robinson replied, “Sure, you possibly can.”

In Utah, preliminary hearings might be delayed for months in circumstances involving severe crimes, typically so long as a yr, Skye Lazaro, a Salt Lake Metropolis legal professional, informed Fox Information Digital earlier this month.

The listening to provides the protection a chance to query witnesses and pressure prosecutors to current proof in courtroom that gives possible trigger to cost the alleged crime.

CHARLIE KIRK’S MIDDLE LEAVES UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AS INVESTIGATIONS WORK TOGETHER IN CASE

Turning Level USA founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an occasion in Utah. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune through Reuters)

Robinson faces an aggravated homicide cost, which carries a attainable demise penalty.

He’s accused of climbing onto a campus roof together with his grandfather’s Mauser .30-06 and taking pictures Kirk as soon as within the neck.

Tyler Robinson will seem nearly in courtroom in Utah on September 16, 2025 to be charged with the homicide of Charlie Kirk. (Utah State Courts)

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Authorities beforehand claimed they discovered the suspected homicide weapon together with his DNA on it and incriminating textual content messages wherein he allegedly admitted the crime to family and friends.

In addition they have video from the campus safety system that reveals him coming and going earlier than and after the homicide. Further proof in opposition to him is anticipated to emerge on the preliminary listening to as soon as it takes place.

Robinson is scheduled to look in courtroom on January 16, 2026, and once more on January 30. Each hearings are scheduled for 1:00 PM MT.