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The Utah Attorney General's Office seeks expedited competency proceedings for death row inmate Ralph Menzies.

Menzies' attorneys argue the court lacks jurisdiction pending appellate proceedings.

The Utah Supreme Court vacated Menzies' death warrant citing need for a new competency hearing.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Attorney General's Office wants to put the new competency proceedings for death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies on the fast track.

But Menzies' attorneys say the state is already jumping the gun.

Last week, the Utah Supreme Court vacated Menzies' death warrant — just one week before his scheduled execution by firing squad — ruling that the district court erred by not allowing him a new competency hearing.

On Wednesday, the attorney general's office filed a

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