Criticism from the legal community is mounting against Utah Co. Attorney David Leavitt after he admitted to dismissing criminal charges against a campaign donor who served an LDS mission with his brother. AdamHerbets
Mark Stewart Allen's charge of felony stalking against a woman was dismissed without prejudice in October.
"I'm just saying that is a huge supporter of you and a fan," Koehler said."This is very concerning to me... I was concerned about it being a conflict of interest."" completely obsessing about this," Leavitt told her."I know it because I saw it three times a week, or three times a day sometimes when I was running for Attorney General."
In an interview with FOX 13 News, Leavitt said he understood his actions could be perceived by some people, at the very least, as the appearance of a conflict. "The defendant prepared a fairly large binder of information about the victim," Leavitt described."He gave it to my brother, his former missionary companion."
"It’s my case. It’s not his case. It’s my case," Leavitt said."Every case that my deputies work on, they work on my direction... He valued the prosecution of the case more than protecting the victim in the short run. To me, that’s unacceptable." Koehler, through her attorney, accused Leavitt of failing to provide the same level of protection as the original prosecutor, who she believes wanted"to obtain the highest level of protection available... proceeding with trial."
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