Pat Reavy interned with KSL in 1989 and has been a full-time journalist for either KSL or Deseret News since 1991. For the past 25 years, he has worked primarily the cops and courts beat.
PROVO — Tyler Robinson and his defense team have filed a motion requesting that his preliminary hearing scheduled in May be continued.The motion, which was expected, says defense attorneys need more time to digest the volumes of evidence that have already been shared by the state, as well as an expected large amount of evidence that they have yet to receive.
Robinson, 22, is charged with capital murder and faces a potential death sentence if convicted of killing Charlie Kirk, 31, on Sept. 10 on the campus of Utah Valley University. A preliminary hearing is currently scheduled for May 18, 19 and 21. "Discovery in this case is incomplete, voluminous, and the processing of it is complex," Robinson argues in his motion to have his preliminary hearing either continued or vacated with new dates to be determined at a later time.Prosecutors and defense attorneys met on March 12 and based on that meeting, the defense believes the state "intends to present discrete 'buckets' of evidence through three identified law enforcement witnesses at the preliminary hearing. This includes conclusory forensic DNA and ballistics reports authored by the FBI and the ATF, phone and social media data, testimony by law enforcement officials about the crime scene and search locations, and testimony by Mr. Robinson's parents and roommate," as well as "a significant amount of hearsay" from "nontestifying peace officers," the motion states.During a preliminary hearing, prosecutors present evidence and testimony to try and convince a judge that there is enough probable cause to show that a defendant committed certain crimes and that the defendant should stand trial by a jury of his peers on those charges.Robinson's defense says it has already received about 20,000 electronic files of audio, video and written documents that prosecutors have identified as evidence."The defense team has devoted, and will continue to devote, significant resources to processing discovery, including identifying materials not yet received to inform readiness for the preliminary hearing. However, the defense team is realistic and the comprehensive review required to determine what is missing will take hundreds of hours," their motion argues. "What is known at present is that Mr. Robinson has not received the forensic case files and data necessary to investigate, through the use of qualified experts, the scientific reports the state intends to introduce at the
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