Prosecutors have dismissed a felony drug possession charge against a former attorney for Warren Jeffs.

Houston attorney Emily Detoto was charged June 20 with possessing less than 1 gram of cocaine, but the charge was dropped on Oct. 31, the San Angelo Standard-Times reported.

"The district attorney's office decided there was not probable cause, so they filed to dismiss the case," said Mac Secrest, Detoto's attorney, according to the newspaper. "Anytime anyone has a charge filed against them, they're delighted to have it behind them."

Detoto was hired to represent the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints leader in July, after Jeffs fired two previous attorneys in his second pretrial bid to have Judge Barbara Walther removed on claims of bias. Detoto was unsuccessful, but stayed on the team of seven attorneys as Jeffs' sexual assault of a child trial opened.

Jeffs fired the whole team following jury selection, but Walther ordered the lawyers to stay on in case he changed his mind. Detoto frequently joined lead attorney Deric Walpole during the proceedings. Jeffs was convicted of assaulting two girls, ages 12 and 15, whom he took as plural wives and sentenced to life in prison.

When Jeffs became sick while behind bars, Detoto again spoke to the media as his attorney, but was later formally removed from his case.

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