Overview
- Robinson’s lawyers said in a Friday filing that an ATF analyst could not identify the autopsy bullet to the Mauser rifle tied to him and asked to push the May preliminary hearing by months.
- The FBI is now running new comparative and bullet‑lead tests after the initial finding was inconclusive.
- Prosecutors say they will proceed with capital charges, pointing to DNA on the rifle’s trigger and cartridge casings, texts about leaving and retrieving the rifle, and an alleged confession to Robinson’s father.
- The defense says discovery is vast, noting a March 12 handoff of a hard drive with more than 600,000 files on top of about 20,000 earlier files that include hundreds of hours of video and audio.
- Robinson returns to court on April 17 for a hearing on whether cameras and microphones are allowed, a decision that could shape public access and juror exposure in a high‑profile case.