Barzee pleads guilty but mentally ill to charge related to Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case Prosecutors on Monday dropped state charges against a woman ...
Religious writings, defense up in second week of competency hearing in Smart abduction case A psychiatrist is expected in federal court Monday to ...
Federal judge hears arguments over competency hearing witness list in Elizabeth Smart case Defense attorneys for the man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart argued Monday that testimony by experts in Mormon fundamentalism and religious extremism is irrelevant and should not ...
Defense attorneys discount competency evaluation of man charged in Smart kidnapping Defense attorneys for the man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart say a psychiatrist's report deeming him competent for trial is advocacy, not an objective evaluation of facts. In ...
Lawyers in Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case resolve dispute so most documents to be open Attorneys on Friday told a federal judge they have settled disagreements over which documents and reports should be open in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case. Federal prosecutors and ...
Utah media agencies challenge sealed federal court filings in Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case Several Utah media outlets, including The Associated Press, have jointly petitioned a federal court judge to open sealed records filed in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case. Documents filed on ...
A state court judge said Friday the Utah State Hospital has determined that the woman charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart is competent for trial. The hospital's finding — provided in a report three days ago to Judge Judith Atherton ...
Federal court papers show a forensic psychiatrist believes the man charged in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart suffers from disorders that include pedophilia, narcissism and malingering, a condition that suggests he may be exaggerating his illnesses to avoid prosecution. The full findings ...
Elizabeth Smart says her captor raped her 3 or 4 times a day and threatened to kill her At knifepoint, Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her girlhood bedroom, she said, then led to a secluded mountain campsite, where a self-proclaimed prophet made ...
SALT LAKE CITY - OCTOBER 1: Defense attorney Robert Steele (C) for Brian David Mitchell, speaks to the media in front of the Federal Court House after Elizabeth Smart testified, for the first time, in a competency hearing for Mitchell, her kidnapper ...
Elizabeth Smart, right, arrives at the federal courthouse with her mother, Lois Smart, left, and her father Ed Smart prior to her testimony in a competency hearing for her alleged kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, Thursday Oct. 1 2009, in Salt Lake City. ...
AP Exclusive: Woman charged in Smart case seeks forgiveness in letters, expects life in prison In letters written to her mother, the woman charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart has sought forgiveness for any pain she has caused and says ...
