Woman to be sentenced in Elizabeth Smart case
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State and federal judges on Friday are expected to order prison sentences for the woman who has pleaded guilty to kidnapping in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart.
Wanda Eileen Barzee is set for back-to-back sentencing hearings in U.S. District Court and Utah's 3rd District Court.
The 64-year-old Barzee pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge in November.
In February, Barzee also pleaded guilty but mentally ill in state court to a second-degree felony conspiracy charge for the attempted kidnapping of one of Smart's cousins.
As part of her plea agreements, Barzee has agreed to testify in pending state and federal cases against her now-estranged husband, Brian David Mitchell.
Smart was 14 in 2002 when she was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom.
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