PROVO — Attorneys for Tyler Robinson want the court to make it clear that the capital murder case against their client is between the defendant and the state, not the Utah County Sheriff’s Office.

The defense team for the man accused of shooting and killing activist Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus is asking a judge to strike the latest response filed by the state because they say it reads as though it was filed by both the Utah County Attorney’s Office and the sheriff’s office.

“Where the sheriff’s office has not provided any authority affording it standing to file a pleading in a criminal case, and where (the attorney’s office) has made no effort to distinguish its own position from that of the sheriff’s office, the response should be stricken,” the defense motion stat

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