| Polygamist Leader's Hearing in Arizona to go Forward Prosecutor contends the hearing is unnecessary | |
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By Associated Press KCSG TV | |
(Kingman, Arizona) - A judge says he'll hold a hearing on a defense request to prevent evidence seized in the raid of a polygamous sect in Texas in polygamist leader Warren Jeffs' trial in Arizona. Prosecutor Matt Smith contends the hearing is unnecessary because he has agreed not to use the evidence from the April 2008 raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints compound in Eldorado, Texas. Jeffs' attorney Mike Piccarreta wants Smith to prove the evidence has not and will not be used directly or indirectly in the Arizona case. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Steven Conn on Monday said the Feb. 17 hearing won't be vacated unless both parties agree. Jeffs is awaiting trial in Arizona on four counts of being an accomplice to sexual conduct with a minor, charges that were filed in 2007. Jeffs was moved to Kingman from the Utah State Prison in February 2008. In September 2007, a Utah jury convicted Jeffs of two counts of rape as an accomplice for his role in the 2001 marriage of an underage follower to her husband. He was sentenced to two consecutive prison terms of five years to life. | |
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KCSG.com Originally broadcast Feb 1, 2010 | |
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