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Pushing to have the criminal cases against FLDS leader Warren Jeffs sent back to an Arizona grand jury, lawyers for the polygamist-sect leader say his rights were trampled on.

“There were significant problems with the qualifications of the grand jurors, problems with the lack of adequate legal instruction and problems with inaccurate factual presentations,” wrote criminal defense attorneys Richard Wright and Michael Piccarreta.

In court documents filed recently in Mohave County Superior Court, the attorneys again seek to remand Jeffs’ grand-jury indictment on charges of sexual conduct with a minor as an accomplice. Jeffs is accused of performing a pair of underage marriages. The judge overseeing the case has already dismissed incest as an accomplice charges against Jeffs.

In their arguments, Wright and Piccarreta accuse Mohave County prosecutors of not doing enough to ensure a fair and impartial grand jury, noting the massive publicity surrounding Jeffs. They also accuse prosecutors of failing to instruct the grand jury on the legal definition of “accomplice.” Prosecutors counter that they read the Arizona law to the jury.

Jeffs’ attorneys also accused prosecutors of improperly influencing the grand jury by making prejudicial statements about the Fundamentalist LDS Church belief system, as well as other misleading statements.

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