A Utah judge denied an effort by Tyler Robinson’s lawyers to have his former roommate and lover be subpoenaed to testify at next month’s preliminary hearing ahead of Robinson’s trial for allegedly killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Judge Tony Graf denied two motions by Robinson’s lawyers in a Utah County court Monday, including one to have Lance Twiggs testify in person at the July hearing and another to block hearsay evidence from the upcoming hearing. Graf said in his ruling from the bench that, because of the lower bar for the preliminary hearing, hearsay evidence would be allowed to be used by the prosecution against Robinson to establish probable cause.