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Roommate's Appearance at Tyler Robinson Preliminary Hearing NOT Required | Crime Alert 06.23.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news. Now. I'm Sidney Silvanni.
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  Speaker 1: We begin in Utah, where a critical legal decision has
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  Speaker 1: shifted a high profile capital murder case. A Utah judge
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  Speaker 1: on Monday cleared the way for prosecutors to rely on
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  Speaker 1: hearsay evidence at next month's preliminary hearing for Tyler James Robinson.
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  Speaker 1: Robinson faces the death penalty for his alleged role in
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  Speaker 1: the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on September tenth, twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five, outside Utah Valley University. Judge Grafft's ruling rejected
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  Speaker 1: defense efforts to compel a key witnesses testimony. This clarifies
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  Speaker 1: what evidence will be permitted at next month's hearing to
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  Speaker 1: determine probable cause. Robinson faces severe charges, including aggravated murder, felony,
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  Speaker 1: discharge of a firearm, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and
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  Speaker 1: committing a violent offense in the presence of a child.
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  Speaker 1: Judge graft denied defense challenges to Utah's hearsay rule. Graf
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  Speaker 1: emphasized that a preliminary hearing remains distinct from a trial
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  Speaker 1: because its primary mechanism is not to determine guilt or innocence. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: the hearing serves the limited purpose of assessing whether sufficient
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  Speaker 1: evidence exists to continue prosecution. Because of this restricted scope,
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  Speaker 1: the court concluded Utah law constitutionally allows prosecutors to establish
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  Speaker 1: probable cause through reliable hearsay accounts. Judge Graff also rejected
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  Speaker 1: the defense's motion to force Robinson's former roommate, Lance Twigs,
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  Speaker 1: to travel from Texas to testify in person. Court records
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  Speaker 1: reveal prosecutors intend to rely on Twig's recorded interview with investigators.
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  Speaker 1: This recording will be presented alongside electronic messages a handwritten
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  Speaker 1: note in corroborating evidence. Rather than requiring Twigs to appear live,
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  Speaker 1: Robinson's defense attorneys argued they should be permitted to cross
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  Speaker 1: examined Twigs to challenge his credibility, expose alleged immunity agreements,
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  Speaker 1: dissect his state of mind, and attack statement reliability. However,
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  Speaker 1: Judge Graff concluded the defense failed to demonstrate that Twigg's
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  Speaker 1: live testimony would be likely to defeat probable cause. Graf
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  Speaker 1: observed that while evidence of bias, motive, immunity benefits, or
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  Speaker 1: inconsistent statements are highly relevant at trial. Those issues do
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  Speaker 1: not automatically defeat probable cause. Now the defense must show
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  Speaker 1: the evidence is so unreliable that it fails to support
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  Speaker 1: moving the case forward. Graff left the denial without prejudice,
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  Speaker 1: permitting the defense to renew their request if evidence changes. Furthermore,
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  Speaker 1: Judge Graff scheduled a hearing for Friday at eight thirty
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  Speaker 1: am to address a defense request to remove the death
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  Speaker 1: penalty alleging prosecutors violated a court gag order. Graf will
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  Speaker 1: also hear arguments opposing electronic media coverage, an issue pending
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  Speaker 1: before the Utah Supreme Court. More crime and justice news.
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  Speaker 1: After this turning to an ongoing manhunt in Missouri, federal
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  Speaker 1: and local authorities are working to confirm the status of
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  Speaker 1: a dangerous fugitive. Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche indicated
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  Speaker 1: the suspect accused of opening fire near the FIFA World
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  Speaker 1: Cup last week in Kansas City, Missouri, may be deceased. However,
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  Speaker 1: local police officials have not yet verified whether the suspect
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  Speaker 1: is dead. In an interview with Fox and Friend's host
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  Speaker 1: Lawrence Jones, Blanche stated his belief that twenty two year
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  Speaker 1: old Oscar Sanchez Munos is deceased. Sanchez Munos is allegedly
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  Speaker 1: tied to a string of highway shootings near Arrowhead Stadium.
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  Speaker 1: Blanche explained authorities believe they track the suspect to a
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  Speaker 1: specific residence in Missouri, noting that law enforcement teams are
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  Speaker 1: investigating whether he is inside in what physical condition he
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  Speaker 1: is in. This development comes after the FBI's Kansas City
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  Speaker 1: Field office announced a twenty five thousand dollars reward for
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  Speaker 1: information leading to the apprehension of Sancho as Munno's, who
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  Speaker 1: remains classified as armed and dangerous. The search commenced last
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  Speaker 1: week after investigators determined the suspect opened fire on multiple
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  Speaker 1: civilian vehicles while driving along Interstate seventy. Those highway shootings
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  Speaker 1: resulted in one person being killed and several other suffering injuries.
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  Speaker 1: During his discussion with Lawrence Jones, Blant noted the suspect
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  Speaker 1: was allegedly shooting in multiple places, resulting in the fatality,
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  Speaker 1: and expressed hope that law enforcement had contained him. A
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  Speaker 1: spokesperson with the Kansas City Police Department stated they spoke
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  Speaker 1: with investigators who confirmed they have not received information indicating
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  Speaker 1: the suspect was located. Deceased. The search has passed its
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  Speaker 1: sixth day. Finally, tragedies struck Nashville, where a twelve year
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  Speaker 1: old boy lost his life after gunfire erupted during a
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  Speaker 1: street fight. De Maarian Moorehead was shot in the head
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  Speaker 1: when a physical brawl involving six to seven individuals broke
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  Speaker 1: out Sunday night within Nashville's Theater District. The confrontation unfolded
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  Speaker 1: at the intersection of Representative John Lewis Way in Ddrich Street,
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  Speaker 1: immediately adjacent to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Morehead was
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  Speaker 1: rushed to a hospital, where medical personnel pronounced him dead.
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  Speaker 1: The Metro Nashville Police Department launched an investigation and arrested
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  Speaker 1: twenty four year old Devin Orr, identifying him as the shooter.
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  Speaker 1: Detectives reviewed video surveillance footage captured during the incident. According
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  Speaker 1: to an official statement released by the Metro Nashville Police Department,
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  Speaker 1: Or reached into his waistband to retrieve a handgun during
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  Speaker 1: the brawl, causing individuals involved in the fight to flee.
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  Speaker 1: Shots were fired and Morehead collapsed to the ground. Police
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  Speaker 1: stated the brawl started over a dispute involving a woman.
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  Speaker 1: When detectives questioned, Or he allegedly confessed to placing the
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  Speaker 1: handgun inside a nearby sewer, where it was recovered by investigators.
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  Speaker 1: Davidson County court records indicate Or is scheduled to appear
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  Speaker 1: in court Wednesday. An online record show a defense attorney
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  Speaker 1: has not yet been listed. For the latest crime and
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  Speaker 1: justice breaking news, be sure to tune in tomorrow on
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  Speaker 1: your favorite podcast app with this crime alert. I'm Sidney Silvanni.