Mohave County prosecutor dropping Jeffs case
Posted by: joshuah in FLDS, Matt Smith, Mohave County Attorney, Mohave County Attorney Matt Smith, Warren Jeffs, new trial for JeffsBy Ben Winslow
Deseret Morning News
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:40 a.m. MDT
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“Because one of the alleged victims refuses to testify against Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs, the Mohave County attorney is dropping the case.
In a motion to dismiss filed in Mohave County Superior Court, Mohave County Attorney Matt Smith asks a judge to drop the sexual conduct with a minor and conspiracy to commit sexual conduct with a minor cases with prejudice. In the motion, Smith writes that the victim “has been contacted and has indicated through her attorney, Mik Jordahl, that she would not cooperate or testify in the present case.”
“The state cannot prove its case without the testimony of the victim,” Smith wrote in the court document. “For this reason, the state requests this case be dismissed with prejudice at this time.”
Dismissing a case “with prejudice” means that it likely will not be refiled again.
Smith has acknowledged in the past this case is on shaky ground….”
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