Legal Battle Continues in Tyler Robinson’s Case

A hearing on Robinson’s request is set to be held on Friday, January 16.

As Radar has reported, defense attorneys want not just the prosecutor disqualified but the entire Utah Valley District Attorney’s office, arguing the conflict of interest extends to the entire group because they failed to screen the prosecutor from the case.

But in their official response, filed last week, state lawyers say that is not true.

“(The attorney) has no personal conflict of interest because his (child) is neither a material witness nor a victim in the case,” prosecutors argued.

They also said texts showed the teen was confused and did not know the full story. That discredits the argument, they say, that he had direct involvement that could improperly influence prosecutorial decision-making.

“In fact, nearly everything (the child) knows about the actual homicide is hearsay. And because Mr. (redacted) has no conflict of interest, the county attorney’s office also has no conflict of interest requiring disqualification.”