NEW: Tyler Robinson’s Trial Will Be Public, Judge Reveals

Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspected of killing Charlie Kirk, will go to trial next month in public proceedings that will be streamed live across the country, a judge revealed on Monday.

Robinson, who faces charges that carry the death penalty, was arrested on Sept. 11 after confessing to shooting and killing Kirk, 31, at a gathering of college students in Utah. Prosecutors have presented evidence suggesting he harbored a hatred of Kirk for his conservative politics, but especially for his comments against transgender individuals.

U.S. 4th District Court Judge Tony Graf announced that the next hearing in Robinson’s case is set for Oct. 30 at 10 a.m. and will be in-person “if it be the wish of counsel for the defense for Mr. Robinson to be present.” Robinson’s lawyer agreed.

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Defense lawyers will do their best to navigate a mountain of evidence presented against their client, who allegedly left a letter for his transgender lover and roommate admitting to killing Kirk in order to “protect” him.

At the court hearing in Utah on Monday, Utah County Chief District Attorney Chad Grunander said the state has “voluminous” evidence that will be presented against Robinson.

“There is a substantial amount of discovery in this case, Your Honor. It’s voluminous, to say the least. And we’re working on a process where we can exchange information as quickly as possible and be efficient in that process,” Grunander said.

Robinson’s defense attorney, Kathryn Nester, asked Judge Graf to delay an evidentiary hearing and questioned whether defense counsel would be able to cross-examine witnesses.

“…until we can kind of get our heads around exactly what we’re dealing with and how much we need to process it, it’s going to be difficult for us to give you a reasonable expectation of when we will be ready to do the [preliminary hearing],” she said.

Randolph Rice, a Maryland attorney and legal analyst, told Fox News that the defense’s goal will be to keep Robinson off death row.

“The goal for his new high-profile defense attorneys in the Tyler Robinson case is going to be to keep him off of death row,” he said about the case. “And that’s probably their goal right now, or at least that’s what they’re thinking about.”

One option may be to pursue a plea deal with prosecutors, which could offer the opportunity for a sentence such as life without parole in exchange for sparing the state the cost of a trial and the family of Kirk weeks of anguish as they are forced to relive the loss of their loved one.

“What the defense may be able to argue is to say, this was a single sniper bullet that had a single intended target — and therefore it posed no other danger to anyone else,” Rice told Fox News. “And if they can prove that to a jury or they can convince a jury of that, then they won’t get the aggravating murder, and therefore they won’t have the death penalty on the table.”