Overview
- A judge-only preliminary hearing opened in Provo the week of July 6 to decide whether there is probable cause to bind 23-year-old Tyler Robinson over for trial in the killing of Charlie Kirk.
- On Tuesday Judge Tony F. Graf Jr. overruled defense objections and permitted another CCTV movement video to be played in court, a decision defense lawyers said risked prejudicing future jurors.
- Prosecutors played multiple videos on Monday that included the moment Kirk was fatally shot, prompting Erika Kirk to leave the courtroom before the footage was shown.
- Former Utah State Bureau of Investigation agent David Hull testified to a compilation of surveillance and cellphone clips that prosecutors say show Robinson eating at a Chick-fil-A, changing clothes, climbing onto a campus building, running across the roof after the shooting, dropping down, and limping away.
- Separate expedited appeals and prehearing rulings over camera access, hearsay and a prior contempt finding against prosecutors remain active and could change how evidence is presented; if bound over and later convicted, Robinson faces possible death-penalty exposure.