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SALT LAKE CITY — On the seventh anniversary of Elizabeth Smart’s return from her kidnapping ordeal, a judge set a trial date Friday for the man charged in the case.
U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball ordered defendant Brian David Mitchell, 56, to stand trial beginning Nov. 1 on federal charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines.
If convicted, Mitchell could spend the rest of his life in a federal prison.
Robert Steele, Mitchell’s federal public defender, said he plans an insanity defense. Steele contends Mitchell is incompetent and unable to participate in his own defense.
