Judge Tony Graf Jr. ruled on Friday that a deputy county attorney committed civil contempt when he made statements to the media about bullet testing in the case against Tyler James Robinson, the man accused of assassinating conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Graf stated that Christopher Ballard violated the judge’s gag order when he went beyond “merely correcting the ballistics record.”
The judge, however, declined to block prosecutors’ use of the death penalty against Robinson, which defense lawyers had requested.
Instead, he agreed to “encourage future compliance” and issue “a meaningful remedy.”
Those would include more intense jury questionnaires, as well as attorneys’ fees incurred while pressing the contempt accusation against prosecutors.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
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