Now that Karmelo Anthony has been found guilty and sentenced to 35 years, we can turn our attention back to another high-profile case, that of Tyler Robinson, the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk.
Robinson’s defense team is signaling that they have absolutely nothing to work with by repeatedly trying to delay the trial. They are once again making an issue about cameras in the courtroom.
FOX News reports:
Utah prosecutors ask judge to shut down delay tactics in Charlie Kirk assassination caseUtah 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.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.”
Erika Kirk has argued that her husband’s assassination was public and her mourning process has been public, so the trial should be public as well.
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley appeared on FOX News this week to discuss this and nearly laughed his way through recounting the tactics of the defense saying, “The defense just succeeded in moving a deck chair on the Titanic.”
Turley called the evidence against Robinson “overwhelming” and said that “If this was a game of Clue, it would be over. Right? Colonel Mustard would be gone.” Watch the whole thing below:
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