John David Mitchell is charged with kidnapping Elizabeth Smart from her bedroom in 2002 . The trial is expected to take two weeks , according to the case file . Smart , then 14 , was found nine months later walking with Mitchell and his wife . Mitchell 's attorneys apparently had to ask for change of venue . Under a plea deal , Mitchell 's wife agreed to cooperate in proceedings against her husband .
John David Mitchell is charged with kidnapping Elizabeth Smart from her bedroom in 2002 . Smart , then 14 , was found nine months later walking with Mitchell and his wife . Mitchell 's attorneys apparently had to ask for change of venue . Under a plea deal , Mitchell 's wife agreed to cooperate in proceedings against her husband .