Piccarreta loses 3, wins 1

Judge Conn had hinted earlier that he thinks Sam Brower and Dan Fisher have responded adequately to the defense. Your Modern Pharisee has stated earlier that Michael Piccarreta was probably overreaching, but what do you do? Do you NOT ask? A good defense counsel asks for all he can ask for, until he's told no. But Carolyn Jessop? She is not out of the defenses reach:

More to follow soon, I haven't finished reading the order. The prosecution is ordered to turn over impeachment material. This whole issue could come up again.

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Michael Piccarreta goes Public, he "smells a rat." Judge Conn will look at YFZ Evidence Exclusion.

Are you sure it's not a Fish(er)?

The Mohave Daily News - " 'I smell a rat,' Piccarreta said. 'Elissa Wall has received so much money. I want to show that she's biased against my client.'

(Judge Steven) Conn said he will take the motion (to depose Dan Fisher and Sam Brower) under advisement."

This is a sign of growing confidence on the part of Warren Jeffs' attorney, who normally plays his cards very close to the vest.

"(Judge Conn) will also set another hearing in February for another motion to exclude evidence seized during a 2008 raid on a FLDS compound in Texas. Other motions to be addressed is a deposition of Carolyn Jessop, a well-known critic of the FLDS, and a motion to list expert witnesses that Mohave County Attorney Matt Smith plans to call at Jeffs' upcoming trial."

Michael Piccarreta stands a good chance of getting everything he wants in terms of depositions. If he does not, start striking witnesses from Warren's case.

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Large number of notices at Mohave County Court site RE: Warren Jeffs.

My apologies, I am at the emergency room with my wife who has a foot injury. You'll have to read them yourselves.

Follow the link.

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FLDS Hater Wheels Coming Off?

Bill Medvecky seems to have an insider.

"Judge Conn has Ordered Dan Fisher and Sam Brower to Salt Lake City to be deposed again. It seems that neither one can get their stories straight, and so Warren’s Lawyers have to figure out how many counts of perjury they can file."

Bill has had information like this early, before. Nothing as of yet is on the Mohave County Site.

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Matt Smith Begs off for a week on Response to the Deposition of Sam Brower

You can find it at the usual spot.

Mohave County Courts, it looks like Michael Piccarreta has no objection.

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Rebecca Musser and Sam Browers depositions scheduled

Sam Brower goes under Piccarreta's scrutiny on April 15th.

Rebecca Musser? She will be deposed April 30th.

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Piccarreta derisively questions Arizona's presumption.

Why does the state of Arizona even THINK it can oppose the deposition of Sam Brower?

Found here.

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Predictably, Arizona opposes the deposition of Sam Brower

As long as I am forecasting this afternoon,

I say Piccarreta gets, what Piccarreta wants.

"COMES NOW, the State of Arizona, by the Mohave County Attorney, and hereby opposes Defendant's Motion to Depose Witness Sam Brower. Mr. Brower is a person who has not been listed as a State's witness and is not realistically going to be a witness at the trial of this matter. Any investigation Mr. Brower has done as a private investigator would be protected by the attorney-client privilege, as he has worked with the law firm of Roger and Greg Hoole who are located in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is not necessary as a witness concerning benefits given to any of the witnesses in this case because that information has already been disclosed to the defense and has been the subject of questions during interviews of other State's witnesses. For these reasons, the State requests Defendant's Motion to Depose Sam Brower be denied."

What you want to bet Flora said something and Piccarreta wants to know how reliable it was?

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Who IS this Sam Brower guy anyway?

Willie Jessop has had enough, as Brooke Adams reports;

"Willie Jessop, a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, filed the request against Sam Brower Tuesday in 5th District Court in St. George.

Jessop claims Brower has a 'long history of following and photographing FLDS members,' often leading to confrontations, and has engaged in a 'pattern of continual harassment' that includes making disparaging comments about Jessop to the media.

Jessop wants Brower and anyone working for him kept away from his homes and offices in Hildale, Canaan Gap, Cedar City and San Angelo, Texas.

Brower did not return a call from The Salt Lake Tribune for comment. A judge has not yet ruled on the request, according to online court records.

Jessop claims Brower took a television news crew to Hildale on June 7 and scaled a 6-foot-high wall in order to take pictures of Jessop's home and yard. In doing so, Brower "frightened . . . children sending them into the house very terrified," the filing states.

On that same day, Brower took the news crew to Jessop's ranch in Canaan Gap and, ignoring 'no trespassing' signs and locked gates, again began photographing children and other family members, it said.

'They were forced to scramble out of the water and into a cabin on the property in order to preserve their privacy, and their family outing was disrupted,' the filing states.

'Even more than it used to be, the intrusions freak the children out when strangers come barging in,' said Rod Parker, a Salt Lake City attorney representing Jessop. 'These children know what happened in Texas and are a little worried.'

Texas child welfare authorities removed more than 450 children from an FLDS ranch in April; they have since been returned to their families.

Jessop's court filing claims Brower photographed children outside his Cedar City office and circulated the photos to news media while falsely claiming the children were working for the company.

Brower has 'become more brazen and bold...and Willie has had enough of it,' Parker said. 'He wants to be left alone and he wants his privacy.'"

What's the harm in that, doesn't everyone know that the FLDS are sub human sideshow freaks?
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Malonis-Walther-Brower Tag Team vs Teresa Jeffs

I don't think she stands a chance, because they won't listen to her. Nonetheless if it were on merits and sincerity, I'm sure Teresa Jeffs would whup 'em all. You go girl, be brave.

The San Angelo Standard-Times - (There is a) "2 p.m. hearing in the Tom Green County Courthouse will determine whether a temporary restraining order against Willie Jessop issued Friday by 51st District Judge Barbara Walther should be extended.

On Wednesday, the Schleicher County grand jury is expected to meet and hear evidence presented by the Texas Attorney General's Office in the case, which was sparked by a weeklong raid begun April 3 raid on the sect's YFZ Ranch near Eldorado."

(So it's going on right now.) CORRECTION, it will be TOMORROW. Pray for Teresa, I don't know if she's there or not but she should be. The Standard-Times is continuing the fiction that Teresa not be named because of allegations.

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