Judge Sends 23-Year-Old Tyler Robinson to Trial on Aggravated Murder Charge in Charlie Kirk Killing
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 2
Judge Sends 23-Year-Old Tyler Robinson to Trial on Aggravated Murder Charge in Charlie Kirk Killing
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 2
Summary
Judge Tony Graf Jr. bound over all charges against Tyler Robinson to district court Tuesday, including a death-penalty-eligible aggravated murder count in the 2025 shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University.
Not-guilty pleas were entered at arraignment, and Robinson is due back in court on Oct. 23 for a pretrial conference where Graf may set a trial date.
Defense lawyer Richard Novak drew sharp rebukes after arguing Kirk had spoken “hatefully” about some groups and citing a “significant gap” between Kirk’s views and Robinson’s feelings about him.
Prosecutors and the Kirk family’s attorney said that claim was unsupported by the preliminary-hearing evidence and instead echoed alleged texts in which Robinson said he killed Kirk because he had “enough of his hatred.”