Legal Opinion
William Lyle WORATZECK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Terry STEWART, Director, Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 24, 1996No. 94-99009PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Woratzeek, an Arizona state prisoner sentenced to death, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habe-as corpus. The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253, and we affirm.
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Linda Louise Leslie was a 36-year-old woman who was physically and mentally disabled due to Huntington’s disease. She lived in Casa Grande, Arizona, in a trailer located in a small trailer park being purchased by Woratzeek from Leslie’s aunt, Medina, and Medina’s brother. Although Leslie…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Walton v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Maynard v. CartwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- State v. ChewSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1997
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