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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Salt Lake County prosecutors want the Utah State Hospital to enforce a judge's order to forcibly medicate accused Elizabeth Smart kidnapper Wanda Barzee.
In papers filed in 3rd District Court this week, prosecutors say there are no grounds for any delays.
Barzee attorneys have asked Judge Judith Atherton to stay her February forced medication order while they ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal.
"The likelihood, however, of such a petition (to the Supreme Court) being granted is low," prosecutors argue in court documents.
In December, Utah's Supreme Court upheld Atherton's 2006 ruling that Barzee met the criteria for forced medication.
Doctors have voluntarily delayed beginning the medication process, pending the appeal.
Barzee, 62, has been found incompetent to stand trial on criminal charges for the 2002 kidnapping of Salt Lake City teenager Elizabeth Smart from her bedroom.
Salt Lake County Attorney Lhora Miller has also asked Atherton to allow doctors at the Utah State Hospital to release information about Barzee's current condition and the hospital's proposed treatment plan.
Defense attorneys want a hearing to discuss Barzee's medical status and available medications. Prosecutors oppose a hearing and say in court papers that there is no information to suggest Barzee's status or clinical diagnosis has changed.
Barzee and her estranged husband, Brian David Mitchell, were arrested in March 2003, after a citizen spotted them walking the streets of a Salt Lake City suburb with Smart, then 14.
Mitchell, 54, is also facing criminal charges of kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault. He has also been found incompetent to stand trial.
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Information from: Deseret Morning News
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