Lawyers for accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson are arguing that prosecutors haven't established a case for the potential death penalty in a new court filing made public Tuesday night."The facts and the law require this Court to strike the sole aggravating factor," defense attorneys Kathy Nester, Michael Burt, Richard Novak and Staci Visser wrote in a 41-page brief.After a week-long preliminary hearing in early July, Judge Tony Graf Jr.gave both sides in the case time to file briefs before he makes a decision on whether there is enough probable cause to send the case to trial — which he is expected to announce on Sept.
1.CHARLIE KIRK MURDER CASE AS 'STRAIGHT-FORWARD' AS IT GETS, PROSECUTORS ARGUE AS CASE NEARS TRIAL DECISIONCharlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah.Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his "American Comeback Tour" when he was shot in the neck and killed.
(Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)Robinson, 23, is accused of shooting the 31-year-old Kirk at Utah Valley University on Sept.10, 2025, during a Turning Point USA event.
Kirk had founded the group to promote conservatism on campuses around the country and was speaking in front of a crowd of more than 2,000 in the courtyard when he was struck and killed by a single bullet.Robinson's defense argued in Tuesday's filing that prosecutors didn't establish probable cause concerning the aggravating factor — that the shooting created a high probability of death to someone other than Kirk and that Robinson knew of that "high probability."SEND US A TIPTyler Robinson, accused of the murder of Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, Thursday, December, 11, 2025.(Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via Pool)Without the aggravator, the potential death penalty would be taken off the table."The State had over ten months to investigate the shooting death of Charlie Kirk and to develop legally suff...