State v. Woratzeck

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 the Pinal County Grand Jury for robbery, burglary, arson, and first degree murder in connection with the death of Leslie. He was convicted by…