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They claim that there's this conflict of interest because one of the six prosecutors on the case, their daughter, was present at Utah Valley University when the assassination happened back in September, and then their daughter communicated with the prosecutor afterward.
The prosecution, though, they say that this family member didn't see anything direct, and in their view, a conflict of interest has not been established.
And again, they say that defense is really just using this as a delay tactic.
At Robinson's last court appearance, which was on Friday, Judge Graff said there wasn't sufficient evidence to yet warrant the expulsion of the office, but he did notably allow Robinson's team to
to begin examining witnesses in relation to this supposed conflict of interest.
So we will hear more about that at the next hearing.
Yeah, that's a bit of a mixed bag.
So Erica has made clear that she does want cameras in the courtroom.
She wants full transparency.
But the defense team, they're pushing back on media access.
They specifically don't want images of Robinson in custody or in restraints.
They say this will prejudice potential jurors before any evidence is presented.
So far, Judge Graff has allowed media access, but with restrictions.
He said this back in September.
So, for example, media can't publish video or photos showing Robinson's restraints.
More recently, during Friday's hearing, Judge Graff actually barred a videographer from filming Robinson after defense argued that some close-up footage could allow lip readers to decipher private conversations.
Notably, that restriction applied specifically for that hearing.
Judge Graff has made it clear that media access is going to continue to be handled on this case by case basis as proceedings move forward.
Yeah, so Twiggs has been identified as Robinson's roommate and romantic partner.
He recently had his FBI protection withdrawn.