PROVO, Utah—Tyler James Robinson, 22, remained nearly motionless throughout his first court appearance Sept. 16 on capital murder and other charges six days after the shooting death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Robinson was being held in the Utah County Jail as he appeared via a video screen in the Fourth Judicial District Courthouse before Judge Tony Graf.
The defendant leaned forward slightly and stated his full name, as the judge requested. The judge then read all the charges against him, and also agreed to grant a protective order that the homicide victim’s widow, Erika Kirk, had requested. Details of that order were not immediately available….