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- Samuel Bateman was convicted in Arizona of three child-abuse counts after police found three girls in a trailer.
- He is serving a 50-year federal sentence for coercing minors and plotting kidnappings.
- The judge barred any mention of his federal conviction during the state trial.
- Each conviction carries a four-to-eight-year term, with sentencing set for Aug. 25 and possible consecutive or concurrent runs.
