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Erika Kirk, the widow of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is trying to pull a legal lever to stop the defense team from further delays in her late husband\u2019s assassination late last summer.<\/p>\n
So far, alleged assassin Tyler Robinson has not yet entered a plea.<\/p>\n
Jeffrey Neiman, the attorney representing Erika Kirk, recently filed a court document asking the judge overseeing the pending trial to enforce his client\u2019s right to a speedy trial, arguing there have been \u201cundue delays\u201d in the case.<\/p>\n
He wrote, \u201cThe Utah code affords victims of a crime \u2018the right to a speedy disposition of the charges free from unwarranted delay caused by or at the behest of the defendant.’\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis court is tasked with the critically important function of ensuring the defendant has a fair trial, but this court must also do so while balancing Mrs. Kirk\u2019s right to a speedy trial and therefore this notice invokes Mrs. Kirk\u2019s rights under applicable Utah code,\u201d he continued in the filing.<\/p>\n
Neiman went on to state that, while the U.S. Constitution \u201cguarantees criminal defendants many rights, it does not guarantee them the right to cause undue delay in the criminal justice process.\u201d<\/p>\n
This development comes as Robinson\u2019s team\u00a0argued during a hearing earlier this month\u00a0that one of the prosecutors ought to be removed from the case because an adult daughter of the deputy county attorney was present at the Utah Valley University event where Charlie Kirk was murdered.<\/p>\n
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