The Utah Supreme Court has denied Warren Jeffs' request to have his rape trial moved to Salt Lake City.

The FLDS leader's attorneys claimed he could not get a fair trial in St. George, Utah, so they requested to have it moved. But on Thursday, the judge said he will not know if the jury pool is biased until the members have been selected.

Jeffs is facing charges of rape as an accomplice after he allegedly forced a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin and consummate the marriage.

The trial is set to begin in September.