Pat Reavy interned with KSL NewsRadio in 1989 and has been a full-time journalist for either KSL NewsRadio, Deseret News or KSL.com since 1991. For the past 25 years, he has worked primarily the cops and courts beat.
PROVO — A brief court hearing was held Monday for Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Washington County man charged with shooting and killing Charlie Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University.Robinson appeared in court via a livestream link from the Utah County Jail.
But his attorneys asked that his video screen be turned off for the hearing so his "appearance" was by audio only while the screen at the jail remained black.A waiver hearing was held Monday for Robinson. At a waiver hearing, a judge asks whether a defendant would like a preliminary hearing where both sides present evidence and the judge determines if there is probable cause to proceed to trial.While Monday's hearing was brief, as nearly all waiving hearings are, Robinson's hearing was held with a sharp increase in both security at the 4th District Courthouse in Provo and in the number of reporters covering the hearing. Some lined up outside the small courtroom two hours early to ensure a seat inside. All laptops had to be carried into the courthouse without bags.Robinson is charged with a half-dozen felony crimes, the most serious being aggravated murder, a capital offense. Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray, who was present for Monday's hearing, has already announced he intends to seek the death penalty if Robinson is convicted.Fourth District Judge Tony Graf — who was sworn in just two months ago — began the hearing by first approving the defense's request to add Michael N. Burt and Richard G. Novak, both from California, as co-counsel. Both attorneys have previously worked on death penalty cases and Graf noted that their combined experience "meets and exceeds" the legal standard for representing a defendant in a death penalty case in Utah.The Utah County Attorney's Office then discussed the "substantial amount of discovery" it has in this case, and noted the office has been in communication with Robinson's defense team about how to share the "voluminous" amount of evidence it has. Likewise, defense attorneys requested another waiver hearing be set prior to scheduling a preliminary hearing to give them time to "get our heads around" the large volume of evidence.Defense attorney Kathryn Nester stated in court, however, "It is not our intent to waive a preliminary hearing."Last week, the Utah County Commission unanimously approved $1 million in staffing additions to aid the prosecution and defense in Robinson's case. The commission unanim
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