(Salt Lake City, UT) - At the request of counsel, the hearing in the case of State of Utah vs. Warren Steed Jeffs that had been scheduled for August 18 has been changed to August 23 at 9:00am with Judge James L. Shumate in Fifth District Court. A request for speedy trial hearing was filed Tuesday by Walter F. Budgen, attorney for Warren Jeffs after the Utah Supreme Court on Monday overturned the conviction of Warren Jeffs on rape charges and ordered a new trial. The court ruled the trial ju...
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