Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois 18-year-old accused of killing two people during the chaotic protests after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, made his first in-person court appearance Friday.
A pretrial hearing in the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide case was remarkable more for the media circus outside the courtroom than for the legal proceedings inside.
Rittenhouse, 18, is facing the possibility of life in prison for shooting three men, killing two and injuring a third, during protests in Kenosha following the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha Police officer last August.
At Fridayâs hearing in Kenosha County Circuit Court â the first in-person appearance for Rittenhouse since he was extradited to Wisconsin in November â attorneys discussed scheduling for the case moving forward. Rittenhouse is scheduled to go to trial Nov. 1.
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Rittenhouse due to make first in-person court appearance
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Rittenhouse is expected to appear before Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder at 10:30 a.m. Friday for a pre-trial hearing. The hearing is expected to be brief, with attorneys expected to discuss scheduling for the case moving forward. Rittenhouse is scheduled to go to trial Nov. 1.
Since he was extradited to Kenosha County in November 2020, Rittenhouse has made his court appearances virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in recent weeks, Schroederâs courtroom has returned to in-person appearances.
Kyle Rittenhouse requests an attorney, ending questioning by Kenosha police. Warning: Video footage contains explicit language.Â
In what has become one of the most politically divisive cases in the country, Rittenhouse is facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison for killing two men and injuring a third during protests in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.