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Polygamist appeals sex abuse conviction
Says no proof encounter took place in Texas
Updated: Thursday, 20 Oct 2011, 9:05 AM CDT
Published : Thursday, 20 Oct 2011, 9:05 AM CDT
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A polygamist group member is appealing his conviction in Texas on child sex abuse charges, citing jurisdiction issues.
A lawyer for Raymond Merril Jessop asked the 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin on Wednesday to overturn his conviction and 10-year sentence.
Jessop was the first member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to be tried after a 2008 raid at the group's Yearning for Zion ranch in West Texas.
Jessop was convicted in 2009 of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl who gave birth to his daughter.
The Austin American-Statesman reports that Jessop's attorney, Clinton Broden, argued prosecutors never proved the sexual encounter happened in Texas.
Attorney for the state, Ed Marshall, said jurors heard enough evidence to convict Jessop.
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