- The second day of Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing resumes with key testimonies from law enforcement.
- Defense challenges evidence credibility, citing lack of cross-examination opportunities.
- Unedited video footage and new testimonies expected in court Tuesday morning.
PROVO — The second day of Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing on his charge of capital murder begins Tuesday morning.
The Utah County Attorney's Office is expected to start where it left off Monday afternoon, recalling David Hull, who was the lead investigator in the Robinson case for the State Bureau of Investigation, to the witness stand.
Tuesday's hearing will be livestreamed here:
Several surveillance videos collected by Hull and his team were introduced as evidence on Monday in court, each to the objection of Robinson's defense team, which opposes hearsay evidence being admitted.
Without the people who actually gave the statements or shot and collected the videos, lead defense attorney Kathy Nester argued that a foundation to determine the credibility of each piece of evidence cannot be established, and attorneys are unable to cross-examine.
"This is an expert report without an expert present," she objected to the Utah Medical Examiner's report on Charlie Kirk's autopsy being submitted as evidence.
Robinson faces 10 charges, the most serious being aggravated murder for allegedly shooting and killing political activist Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025. During a preliminary hearing, a judge will decide whether there is sufficient probable cause to go to trial on the charges levied against a defendant. The bar prosecutors must meet to show probable cause, however, is very low at a preliminary hearing. A judge will not determine guilt or innocence during a preliminary hearing.
The only objection sustained on Monday by 4th District Judge Tony Graf was when the state attempted to introduce a video compilation taken from security cameras of Robinson's trek on the UVU campus. Prosecutors admitted that parts of the video had been edited by enhancing some portions and drawing a circle in other parts of the video. Robinson's defense team objected, however, saying there was no way to verify its authenticity if the people who allegedly edited the video couldn't be called as witnesses.
An unedited version of the video is expected to be played in court on Tuesday.
Prosecutors are expected to call two more law enforcers to the witness stand after Hull and submit a video-recorded interview with Robinson's roommate at the time Kirk was killed, Lance Twiggs. Robinson's attorneys are expected to call three expert witnesses of their own.
Tuesday's hearing is scheduled to start at 9 a.m.
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