STATE v. WORATZECK

No. 5142.

134 Ariz. 452 (1982)

657 P.2d 865

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. William Lyle WORATZECK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by William J. Schafer, III and Michael D. Jones, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Charles L. Weninger, Tucson, for appellant.


HAYS, Justice.

Linda Louise Leslie was a 36-year-old woman who, because of Huntington's disease, had the mental capacity of a 15-year-old. She lived in Casa Grande, Arizona, in a shed rented from appellant and attached to his trailer. In March, 1980, Linda Leslie was robbed of approximately $107 and was killed. She was strangled, stabbed in the chest and abdomen and beaten on the head; her body and house were burned.

William Lyle Woratzeck was indicted by...

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