UPDATE: 3/19/10 @1:50pm
The jury has sentenced Merril Leroy Jessop to 75 yrs in prision, and a $10,000. fine.
The Verdict was determined in one hour!
Merril Leroy Jessop “kept a pleasant face while 51st District Judge Barbara Walther read the jury statement and pronounced the word “guilty.”
You’ve got to admire Merril Leroy’s keep sweet attitude.
Following from the San Angelo Standard Times – website.
SAN ANGELO, Texas — A Tom Green County jury has found Merril Leroy Jessop, 35, guilty of sexual assault of a child in connection with allegations he illegally married an underage girl.
Jessop is a member of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
He kept a pleasant face while 51st District Judge Barbara Walther read the jury statement and pronounced the word “guilty.”
Jurors heard closing arguments this morning and left at 11:30 a.m. to deliberate.
Attorneys were summoned back to the courtroom at 12:30 p.m. upon hearing that the jury had reached their verdict.
Even more from the Salt Lake Tribune –
#4 – Texas you rock!
Learn more about the FLDS here and here.
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