WATCH LIVE: Utah judge expected to set trial date for Tyler Robinson
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Renisha Mall, ABC4
PROVO, Utah (ABC4) — A Utah judge is expected to set the trial date for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative leader Charlie Kirk in Sept. 2025.
Back in October, defense attorneys said they need several years to prepare their case and suggested a 2029 trial date. But Erika Kirk, a victim in the case, is seeking a 2027 trial date and called the defense’s position “absurd” and accused them of trying to delay the case.
Robinson, 23, is charged with aggravated murder, a capital first-degree felony, as well as four additional felonies and a misdemeanor. He could be sentenced to death if convicted.
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Prosecutors have said that they anticipate a 17-week trial and would be ready by October 2027. But rather than hold the proceedings during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, they proposed the trial begin in January 2028.
Erika Kirk’s attorney said the trial should start next October. In January, her lawyer also filed for a speedy trial in the case.
“Not only are conspiracy theorists, trolls, click chasers, and rage-baiters willing to exploit the uncertainty resulting from delay to spin tails that undermine confidence in the State of Utah and its justice system, the taxpayers are also paying an unprecedented financial cost that will only grow as the trial date is delayed,” the motion filed by the Kirk family’s lawyers stated.
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Judge Tony F. Graf, the presiding judge on the case, has faced pressure even from President Donald Trump, who took to social media and accused Graf of “taking forever to ask questions that people already know the answer to.”
You can read the motion filed by the defense over the trial date here.
The hearing in the case will begin at 1 p.m. Watch a livestream of the proceedings in the video player above.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.