Charlie Kirk's alleged murderer is expected to learn when he will stand trial after Erika Kirk condemned the suspect's lawyers for trying to delay proceedings until 2029.
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Kirk → allege → 2029
Tyler Robinson, 23, has pleaded not guilty to all counts, including aggravated murder, after he allegedly shot Kirk in the neck during a Turning Point USA event on September 10, 2025.
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The Utah native could face the death penalty if convicted.
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Robinson turned himself in to authorities a day after the shooting, and his attorneys have not offered alternative theories for Kirk's death.
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attorneys → turn → death
Prosecutors allege that he confessed to killing Kirk because he 'had enough of his hatred.
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Erika Kirk, the wife and mother of the late conservative's two children, previously slammed Robinson's lawyers over their 'absurd' ask that the trial take place in 2029.
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Prosecutors previously said they anticipate the trial to last 17 weeks and that they would be ready by October 2027, but to avoid holding proceedings over Thanksgiving and Christmas, they suggested a start date of January 2028.
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Erika's attorney, Jeffrey Neiman, has since said that the trial should start next October because dragging it out would violate his client's rights to a speedy trial as a victim under Utah law.
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Tyler Robinson, the man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk dead on September 10, 2025, will appear in court on Monday to determine when his trial will start
Prosecutors allege that he confessed to killing Kirk because he 'had enough of his hatred'
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'Under the Defendants' proposed schedule, Mr. Kirk's two children, who were one and three at the time he was murdered, will be six and eight years old by the time the trial concludes,' Neiman wrote in a court filing.
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They will face the uncertainty of this criminal proceeding longer than they had their father in their lives.'
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He also argued that delays would further cost taxpayer money, citing $1.6million in funds needed for Robinson's defense to date, Fox News previously reported.
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The legal team for Robinson believes that rushing the trial could do both sides a disservice.
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'It will create unrealistic expectations for the public and the victim's representative, it may cause counsel for both parties to give short shrift to constitutionally required activities, it may rush this Court to deliberate upon and enter rulings on important and complex pretrial motions, and it may jeopardize Mr. Robinson's right to a capital proceeding that has the utmost reliability
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,' they wrote.
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In September, Utah District Judge Tony Graf sided with prosecutors who said they had 'a mountain of evidence' that defendant Robinson fatally shot the conservative activist last September.
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Robinson's defense team tried to block a trial or at least take the death penalty off the table, arguing that prosecutors failed to show Kirk´s shooting placed others around him at risk of death.
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That´s an aggravating factor under state law that makes Robinson eligible for capital punishment.
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Erika Kirk, the wife and mother of the late conservative's two children, previously slammed Robinson's lawyers over their 'absurd' ask that the trial take place in 2029
Robinson was captured on surveillance footage at Utah Valley University the day of the shooting
Kirk's family called the ruling 'an important step in our family's pursuit of justice.'
'Every step in this process carries the weight of all that Charlie´s murder has taken from his family, especially his children who will grow up without their father,' they said in a statement.
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Prosecutors claim that Robinson shot Kirk from a rooftop more than 400 feet away, knowing he could have missed and killed others at the open-air event.
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'Tyler James Robinson shot and killed Charlie Kirk because he disagreed with him, and he did it by firing a high-powered rifle into a crowd of over 3,000 people, which created a great risk of death that anyone would know about,' said Ryan McBride, a prosecutor with the Utah County Attorney´s Office.
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Graf had the option to send the case to trial on a lesser charge of murder, which carries a minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum of life in prison.
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He said his decision to approve the aggravated murder charge was based on the positions of several people in and around a tent where Kirk was speaking, among other factors.
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Robinson had no visible reaction to the ruling.
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Tears welled in his mother´s eyes as Graf read it aloud.
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Staci Visser, an attorney for Robinson, argued that prosecutors were trying to 'shoehorn' the case into Utah's aggravated murder statute.
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Prior case law required prosecutors to show that there was a high probability – not merely a possibility – that other people could have been killed, she noted.
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Kirk was seated on a stage in an elevated position, not immediately near anyone else, when he was shot once in the neck, she said.
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Before his death, Kirk and Turning Point USA galvanized the conservative youth vote to help President Donald Trump win a second term
Trump weighed in on the upcoming trial last month
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There is one victim,' Visser said.
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Prosecutor Chad Grunander noted that the alleged murder weapon – a bolt-action rifle – was loaded with additional rounds that had not been fired, saying Robinson 'came prepared to shoot again.'
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The state court hearing came after prosecutors spent five days presenting evidence, including DNA and a handwritten note they allege Robinson left for his romantic partner that read: 'I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it.'
According to prosecutors, the DNA analysis linked Robinson to the rifle and tool he allegedly used to engrave the bullet cartridges with the messages.
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Some of the bullets read: 'Hey, fascist! CATCH!' and another said: 'If you read this, you are gay.'
They have also alleged Robinson wrote in a text message about Kirk: 'I had enough of his hatred.
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Some hate can´t be negotiated out.'
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Before his death, Kirk and Turning Point USA galvanized the conservative youth vote to help President Donald Trump win a second term.
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Trump weighed in on the upcoming trial last month, stating: 'The judge in the Charlie Kirk case is doing a terrible job!
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This case should be tried within a month, not three years — and it should be over with!'
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