Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez and Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times,
The man accused of assassinating conservative commentator Charlie Kirk with a bullet to the neck will stand trial for aggravated murder, a Utah judge ruled on Sept. 1, almost a year after the fatal shooting rocked the nation.
Defendant Tyler James Robinson, 23, potentially faces the death penalty if convicted.
Judge Tony Graf Jr. of Provo's Fourth District Court bound Robinson over to trial, noting the probable cause standard had been met by the state on all seven counts.
Robinson pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The attorney for the Kirk family requested that the judge set a trial date at the next court appearance scheduled for Oct. 23.
Robinson faces six other charges alongside aggravated murder: two counts of obstructing justice, two counts of witness tampering, along with causing serious bodily harm by discharging a firearm and committing violence in the presence of a child.
The judge explained that a probable cause hearing allows the admission of reliable hearsay in Utah, without violations to due process as argued by the defense.
Robinson had the "motive, means, and opportunity" to kill Kirk, the prosecution argued during the Sept. 1 preliminary hearing.
DNA evidence, eyewitness testimony, and surveillance videos all link Robinson to the shooting scene, they said.
"There is a mountain of evidence here. Th
