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Prosecutors also showed video Wednesday of Robinson after he turned himself in to law enforcement. In the video, Robinson was standing in a room at the Washington County Sheriff's Office wearing a T-shirt and baseball cap. The clip was short and contained no audio, so it was unclear if Robinson was being interviewed by investigators at the time.

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Prosecutors intend to argue that the shooting endangered other people attending the event at Utah Valley University where Kirk was shot. That factor would represent the aggravating circumstance that would make it a crime punishable by death in Utah.

While the preliminary hearing may look like a trial, the bar for prosecutors at this stage is much lower. They must show the judge that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Robinson killed Kirk for the case to go to trial. At that point, prosecutors would have to prove Robinson is guilty  beyond a reasonable doubt. 

A former prosecutor and state judge in Salt Lake City, Mark Kouris, believes that means the state should have little trouble getting its case to trial, saying,  This standard is extremely low and the chances of them not getting through it are, quite frankly, almost nothing.