KCSG
November 24, 2010
http://www.kcsg.com/view/full_story/10425390/article-Utah-Supreme-Court-Denies-Warren-Jeffs-Emergency-Petition-of-Relief-From-Texas-Extradition-Order-?instance=home_first_stories
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The Utah Supreme Court has denied Warren Steed Jeffs petition for emergency relief from a Texas extradition order claiming violation of his consitutional rights to a speedy retrial in Utah. (Court Order)
The 54-year old leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) was previously convicted in southern Utah as an accomplice to rape of a 14-year old girl, a member of his church that Jeffs' married spiritually to her 19-year old cousin. The conviction was over turned by the Utah Supreme Court in July citing flawed instructions to the jury. Prosecutors in Washington County where he was tried and convicted have not determined whether they will re-try Jeffs.
Texas authorities have charged Jeffs with bigamy, aggravated sexual assault and assault based on alleged incidents with underage girls at a church ranch near Eldorado, Texas. The information that led to the charges was gleaned from church and family records seized during a raid on the Yearning for Zion ranch in April 2008. A federal indictment stemming from Jeffs' "unlawful flight to avoid prosecution" as a fugitive on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list is also pending.
Jeffs remains in the Utah State prison at Draper, Utah.
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