Warren Jeffs was found guilty Thursday on two counts of sexual assault of a child. A 10-woman, two man jury deliberated three and one half hours before delivering the verdict.
At one point, the jury asked that they be provided with a transcript of Rebecca Musser's testimomy. The judge denied that request but did allow the jury to hear audio recordings of the sexual assaults. Jurors went to a nearby unoccupied courtroom to hear the audio recordings which had originally been introduced into evidence.
Warren Steed Jeffs was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison plus 20 years sexually assaulting two underage girls. He received the life sentence for the 2006 aggravated sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl he had taken as a spiritual bride. The assault took place on a ceremonial pedestal bed located on the top floor of the FLDS temple at the YFZ Ranch.
Just a little over an hour after a Tom Green County jury on Tuesday handed down a life sentence to Warren Jeffs, a Gulfstream Commander turboprop airplane landed at Mathis Field in San Angelo.
The plane, operated by the Texas Department of Public Safety, was dispatched from Bergstrom Airport in Austin with the mission of delivering Jeffs to a prison at Huntsville.
UPDATE: Other man was Colorado City Manager David Darger, was indicted on 13 counts of misuse of public funds. Both Darger and Barlow plead not guilty in an August 23 court appearance.
A Mohave County, AZ grand jury handed down a 30-count indictment on August 4th against Colorado City, AZ Fire Chief Jacob Barlow, and a second man, who has yet to be identified, however Barlow and City Manager David Darger were the targets of search warrants during an April 8, 2010 raid on the community.
The Success has learned that evidence obtained in the raid played heavily in the investigation that led up to the grand jury indictments.
FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs is cooling his heels in a Texas prison cell and only the intervention of a higher court can spare him from a sentence of life plus 20 years.
Meanwhile, as rival factions are squaring off in Utah and Arizona seeking control of Jeffs’ church, bills owed by his followers and their numerous corporations are piling up here in Texas.
The Texas 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals denied YFZ defendant Michael Emack's appeal of his Sexual Assault and Bigamy convictions in rulings handed down Friday, August 26, 2011.
Court's ruling on Bigamy conviction was short and concise. Full text of Sexual Assault conviction follows:
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-10-00253-CR Michael Emack, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCHLEICHER COUNTY, 51ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 993, HONORABLE BARBARA L. WALTHER, JUDGE PRESIDING
O P I N I O N Appellant Michael Emack pleaded no contest to an indictment accusing him of sexually assaulting a child. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.011(a)(2)(A) (West 2011). The district court adjudged him guilty and assessed punishment at seven years’ imprisonment, as called for in a plea bargain agreement. Appellant brings forward twenty-one points urging that the trial court erred by overruling his pretrial motion to suppress evidence. We affirm the conviction.
Just a little over an hour after a Tom Green County jury on Tuesday handed down a life sentence to Warren Jeffs, a Gulfstream Commander turboprop airplane landed at Mathis Field in San Angelo.
UPDATE: Other man was Colorado City Manager David Darger, was indicted on 13 counts of misuse of public funds. Both Darger and Barlow plead not guilty in an August 23 court appearance.
FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs is cooling his heels in a Texas prison cell and only the intervention of a higher court can spare him from a sentence of life plus 20 years.
The Texas 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals denied YFZ defendant Michael Emack's appeal of his Sexual Assault and Bigamy convictions in rulings handed down Friday, August 26, 2011.