By Sara Hammel
The Elizabeth Smart kidnapping trial is now back on after a surprise appeals court ruling halted proceedings Thursday.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday morning released its decision to deny Brian David Mitchell's request to move his trial out of Utah, writing that a change of venue would be a "drastic remedy and is to be invoked only in extraordinary circumstances."
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Mitchell, a self-proclaimed Utah prophet, is standing trial for the horrifying nine-month abduction of Elizabeth Smart. Charges against him include the kidnapping and sexual assault of Smart when she was 14.
The trial is due to resume in a Salt Lake City court on Monday at 8:30 a.m. before Judge Dale Kimball.
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