Overview
- Tyler Robinson, 22, is due in a Utah courtroom Friday as his defense seeks to remove the Utah County Attorney’s Office over a claimed conflict tied to a deputy prosecutor’s 18-year-old child who was at the event.
- Prosecutors argue no conflict exists because the student did not witness the shooting and will not be called, and they ask Judge Tony Graf to keep the case with their office.
- The state has noticed its intent to pursue the death penalty, Robinson has not entered a plea, and a three-day preliminary hearing is set for May 18.
- Charging records cite DNA on the suspected murder weapon and an alleged confession, and investigators say Robinson surrendered after his parents recognized him in surveillance images.
- Separately, relatives and law-enforcement sources say Lance Twiggs, Robinson’s roommate and romantic partner, is no longer under FBI protection and is staying with family, and authorities say he has cooperated and has not been charged.