Amanda Prestigiacomo

It said that while the Constitution guarantees criminal defendants many rights,

it does not guarantee them the right to cause undue delay in the criminal justice process.

Some legal experts say that this move from Erica is more of a notice to Judge Tony Graff than anything else, potentially adding some pressure on him to let this case progress instead of getting bogged down in pretrial litigation.

At this point, the suspect, Tyler Robinson, he still hasn't entered a plea.

The case remains in the pretrial phase, and there is a preliminary hearing that's scheduled for later this year on May 18th

But that has to take place first before the case can formally proceed to trial.

Yeah, so they're arguing that the entire Utah County Attorney's Office should be disqualified from the case.

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.