SALT LAKE CITY -- A state judge has postponed an extradition hearing for polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs.
The head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was scheduled for a 3rd District Court hearing in West Jordan on Thursday. On Tuesday, however, the court rescheduled the hearing for Sept. 7.
Defense attorneys for the 54-year-old church leader requested the delay. They have said they will fight Jeffs' extradition to face criminal charges in Texas.
Authorities have charged Jeffs with bigamy, aggravated sexual assault and assault related to alleged incidents with underage girls at a church ranch.
The Utah Supreme Court reversed Jeffs' 2007 convictions on accomplice to rape charges last month and sent the case back for a new trial.