What public court records exist related to legal actions after Charlie Kirk's death?

1. Criminal charging documents and case status: the formal charges are public

The primary public record is the criminal charging information showing Tyler Robinson has been charged with multiple counts including aggravated murder and related offenses, with prosecutors announcing intent to seek the death penalty — those charges and the docket entries reflecting arraignments and pretrial scheduling have been reported as public court filings ^{[2] [1] [5]}.

2. Closed-hearing materials: a redacted transcript and audio ordered released

A judge ordered the release — with redactions — of most of the transcript and an audio recording from an October closed hearing that focused on security, restraints and clothing for the defendant; media requests for the materials and the judge’s contemporaneous orders regulating notice to outlets are documented in those released materials and accompanying rulings ^{[1] [6] [7]}.

3. Judicial orders and publicity restrictions: publicity order and notice requirements

The court entered rulings clarifying a standing publicity order and ordering that prosecutors and defense must notify media of any motions to seal or reclassify records, and the judge has set limitations on what courtroom members may publicly discuss — all articulated in court orders reported by multiple outlets and reflected in the transcript release decision ^{[7] [1]}.

4. Motions and disputes over media access: defense bids to limit cameras and media coalition filings

Defense teams have filed (or signaled intent to file) motions seeking to ban cameras and to restrict audio/video broadcasts, while a coalition of national and local news organizations has sought access and limited-party status to preserve public coverage; these competing filings and the judge’s consideration of them appear in reported motions and in-court argument summaries ^{[8] [9] [2]}.

5. Pretrial schedule and evidentiary hearings: preliminary hearing and in-person appearances recorded

Public docket entries and news timelines show repeated pretrial appearances — including Robinson’s first in-person appearance and prior remote hearings — and the court has scheduled a preliminary hearing in mid-May where prosecutors are expected to lay out their case, all of which are matters of public record ^{[3] [5] [6]}.

6. Related criminal records: sentencing of a false confessor and other ancillary filings

Separate public criminal records exist for George Zinn, who falsely claimed responsibility in the immediate aftermath; court filings and sentencing records show he pleaded no contest to obstruction and sexual exploitation counts and was sentenced to prison — those convictions and orders are publicly reported and on the record ^[4].

7. Challenges to prosecutorial involvement: conflict claims and court testimony

Defense filings seeking to disqualify or challenge prosecutors over an alleged conflict — including arguments that a prosecutor’s child witnessed the shooting — and the prosecutor’s in-court denials and testimony about the decision to seek the death penalty have been entered on the public docket and reported from hearings ^{[10] [11]}.

8. What is not available in reporting: sealed filings and unresolved filings

Public reporting and the released transcript confirm that some materials and portions of hearings were sealed or redacted and that additional motions (for example a formal filed blanket ban on cameras, or some sealed attorney filings) may exist but are not fully available in the cited coverage; the reporting does not provide a comprehensive index of every sealed or unsealed docket entry, so a complete public-record inventory requires direct court-docket access ^{[7] [9]}.