Days in Court
:::caution Legal Disclaimer Tyler Robinson is charged, not convicted. Nothing on this page is a finding that any living person committed a crime, lied under oath, or acted improperly. Court testimony and press accounts are reported and may be incomplete. All persons named are presumed innocent. :::
Every reported court date in State of Utah v. Tyler Robinson (Case No. 251403576) before Judge Tony F. Graf Jr. at the Fourth District Court in Provo. Format for each entry: date · category · what happened. Names and topics hyperlink into investigation pages. Robinson is charged, not convicted.
Sources include public docket notes, press (CNN, AP, ABC, Deseret, KSL, Salt Lake Tribune), pool reporting, and this site's preliminary-hearing transcripts. Some pretrial dates are known from filings and secondary reporting rather than full public session transcripts.
Read the calendar alongside the physical evidence: the proceedings below all rest on the government's account of how Charlie Kirk was killed, which the cause-of-death review shows is disputed by the majority of independent investigators.
Full calendar (reported)
- 09/16/2025 — First appearance — Tyler Robinson appears by video; held without bail on aggravated-murder and related capital-exposure charges.
- 09/23/2025 — Pretrial docket / status — Early post-charging docket activity under Judge Graf (research-file docket notice).
- 11/20/2025 — Pretrial docket / status — Further pretrial scheduling and filings (research-file docket notice).
- 12/16/2025 — Gag order day — Court issues a broad own-motion gag order limiting public commentary by participants (Gag Orders & Sealing).
- 03/10/2026 — Sealing fight — Defense seal motion over the inconclusive ATF report; media coalition opposition (Ballistics ATF).
- 05/08/2026 — Camera / publicity motions — Defense efforts to restrict courtroom cameras; open-court posture of the case (preliminary hearing motions).
- 06/2026 — Contempt — Contempt ruling — Christopher Ballard held in civil contempt for pretrial publicity after commenting on case strength (Gag Orders).
- 07/06/2026 — Preliminary hearing day 1 — Chris Bagley and David Hull open the State's case (rooftop, surveillance, autopsy).
- 07/07/2026 — Preliminary hearing day 2 — Hull surveillance cross; Jennifer Faumuina; FBI DNA analyst Amanda Bakker.
- 07/08/2026 — Preliminary hearing day 3 — Brian Davis on surrender/booking; fight over Lance Twiggs Rule 1102 video.
- 07/09/2026 — Preliminary hearing day 4 — Twiggs recorded interview published; texts/note; Faumuina rifle recovery; Samantha Karner ballistics.
- 07/10/2026 — Preliminary hearing day 5 — Caitlin Oliver ATF DNA; State rests; bind-over briefing set; oral argument 09/01/2026.
- 09/01/2026 — Bind-over oral argument — Scheduled closing arguments on whether probable cause binds the case over for trial.
How to use this section
- Start with the preliminary hearing week (07/06–07/10) for sworn evidence.
- Read full color-coded transcripts under Preliminary Hearing (Day 1–4 transcript files).
- Cross-check people on the People on Witness Stand roster and individual People profiles.
- For discovery/gag context that shaped the calendar, see Discovery & Brady and Gag Orders.
Open questions
- Which additional status conferences occurred only on paper (minute entries) without a public courtroom session?
- Will certified full transcripts for every calendar day be released beyond the prelim week?
- Does the 09/01/2026 bind-over argument stay on calendar, and will the ruling be written or oral?
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Interesting
- Courtroom testimony reportedly named an Israeli forensics firm behind the phone evidence.
- Investigators allege deleted Trends data on "UVU Rooftop" searches months beforehand.
- One answer to vanishing records is pinning evidence to IPFS, where nothing can be pulled.