Judge sets hearing on motion in Warren Jeffs case

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KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) - An Arizona judge says he's inclined to order the husband of a woman who testified in the 2007 Utah trial of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to submit to a deposition if he
refuses an interview.

Jeffs' Arizona defense attorney, Michael Piccarreta, has asked that Lamont Barlow be deposed, saying Barlow told someone else about "false testimony given by his wife," Elissa Wall.

Wall's 2001 spiritual marriage to her 19-year-old cousin was the basis for the Utah case in which Jeffs, the 53-year-old prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was convicted of two counts of rape as an accomplice. It also is the basis for one of two pending cases filed against Jeffs in Arizona.

Mohave County Superior Court Judge Steven Conn has set a Friday hearing on Piccarreta's request.

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