From Fox News: One of the biggest vulnerabilities in the case against Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, could be the prosecution’s timeline, according to a prominent Utah defense attorney — and she expects the defense to drag discovery in the case on for up to a year before he finally gets a preliminary hearing.
Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, was shot and killed around 12:20 p.m. on Sept. 10 while speaking at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University. He was a founder of the conservative student group, which had a national footprint and is credited for a resurgence of youth support for the Republican Party.
“There’s just so much we don’t know yet as this case develops,” said Skye Lazaro, of the Salt Lake City firm, Ray Quinney & Nebeker.
The defense doesn’t know much yet, either. The discovery process began Monday with a five-day deadline for prosecutors to make their initial disclosures, and Robinson’s team already pushed his waiver hearing back by a month.
The report notes that prosecutors have already made public a series of damning text messages between Robinson and his roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs, in which Robinson appears to have admitted responsibility for Kirk’s assassination.
However, the initial texts reportedly don’t include timestamps, which could make the case more difficult. Lazaro said if they can get additional details on the texts, which could also show the location from where they were went, that could help.
Shortly after the shooting, and before Robinson was arrested, he had a chance encounter with a police officer, and told the officer he wanted to get something he left near a parking garage in the area. That raised no suspicions, as many people had dropped items when they fled the scene.
The officer performed a routine check on Robinson’s license plate, which authorities later used after he had been identified as a potential suspect. Still unknown is whether that officer his bodycam turned on at the time, which could help the prosecution if it was.
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