William R. “Willie” Jessop no longer believes Warren Jeffs is fit to lead the FLDS church. That according to a story in the Salt Lake Tribune by Lindsay Whitehurst.
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals handed down an indefinite stay on Wednesday, April 27th, preventing a U.S. District Judge Dee Benson from handing control of the United Effort Plan Trust (UEP) over to leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS).
51st District Judge Barbara Walther will remain on the bench when FLDS Prophet Warren Jeffs goes to trial on July 25th despite determined efforts of defense attorneys to have her removed.
FLDS defendant Wendell Loy Nielsen, represented by new attorney David L. Botsford of Austin, has asked for a second continuance, according to papers filed with the 51st District Court.
Nielsen, who is accused of three counts of Bigamy, is slated to appear before District Judge Barbara Walther in her Eldorado courtroom for a hearing on Monday, June 27th.
Fredrick Merril Jessop, former Bishop of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints at the YFZ Ranch near Eldorado, was ordered by a judge Monday to remain in Texas until his October trial on charges of performing marriage ceremonies prohibited by law.
Jessop, accompanied by San Angelo attorney Rae Leifeste, appeared in 51st District Court on Monday where Judge Barbara Walther inquired where Jessop had been living. The judge’s questioning came when the State’s attorney, Angela Goodwin, asked if she could be provided with a “firm address” for Jessop.
FLDS Prophet Warren Jeffs remains in the Schleicher County Jail as he awaits trial on charges of Sexual Assault of a Child and Bigamy. His power over his Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) and its thousands of followers seems undiminished, however, as he administers his flock through nearly unlimited use of a pay-phone near his cell.
Just as it was when Jeffs was held in the Reagan County Jail, he has access to the outside world over the phone lines — access that has fattened the commissary accounts of both jails as Jeffs has purchased hundreds of pre-paid phone cards.
William R. “Willie” Jessop no longer believes Warren Jeffs is fit to lead the FLDS church. That according to a story in the Salt Lake Tribune by Lindsay Whitehurst.
51st District Judge Barbara Walther will remain on the bench when FLDS Prophet Warren Jeffs goes to trial on July 25th despite determined efforts of defense attorneys to have her removed.
FLDS defendant Wendell Loy Nielsen, represented by new attorney David L. Botsford of Austin, has asked for a second continuance, according to papers filed with the 51st District Court.
Fredrick Merril Jessop, former Bishop of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints at the YFZ Ranch near Eldorado, was ordered by a judge Monday to remain in Texas until his October trial on charges of performing marriage ceremonies prohibited by law.
FLDS Prophet Warren Jeffs remains in the Schleicher County Jail as he awaits trial on charges of Sexual Assault of a Child and Bigamy. His power over his Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) and its thousands of followers seems undiminished, however, as he administers his flock through nearly unlimited use of a pay-phone near his cell.