Utah prosecutors are asking the judge overseeing the case against Charlie Kirk's accused assassin to reject a defense effort to further postpone a preliminary hearing nearly nine months after the suspect's arrest.Lawyers for 22-year-old Tyler Robinson have asked Judge Tony Graf Jr.to push back the routine hearing as they appeal his denial of their motion to ban news cameras from the high-profile case."Defendant cannot show that a stay is necessary to prevent additional prejudice from media coverage of his preliminary hearing, when this Court has already found that he failed to show that a public preliminary hearing would prejudice him at all," Deputy Utah County Attorney Christopher Ballard wrote in a court filing Saturday.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XTyler Robinson appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, on Dec.
11, 2025.He is accused of the murder of Charlie Kirk.
(Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via Pool)Robinson's attorneys filed an appeal with the Utah Supreme Court and then asked Graf to push back the hearing while they await a response."Nor can Defendant show that he is likely to prevail on appeal (assuming one is granted), or that a stay is not adverse to the public interest in the prompt disposition of criminal trials," Ballard added."Moreover, there is no need for this Court to stay the proceedings pending disposition of the petition for interlocutory appeal.
If the Utah Supreme Court concludes that such a stay is warranted, that court can stay the proceedings."SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERCharlie Kirk spoke at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept.10, 2025, during his "American Comeback Tour." (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)Robinson was arrested in September 2025 in connection with the assassination of Charlie Kirk during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University.Much of the evidence prosecutors plan to use has already been revealed publicly, according to Ballard, and Robinson'...