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Show 2D The Salt Lalu Tribune Thursday, September 13, 1984 Slayers Sentencing Delayed Pending Hearing of Motions Mr. Perkins is also seeking a new trial based on insufficient evidence or By Terri ElleBen Tribune Staff Writer - Scott G Worthen, twice convicted of the beating death of his stepdaughter, will be held in the Davis County Jail for a month while his attorney prepares documents seeking another trial If he cannot convince the judge that evidence did not support the verdict. defense attorney Ronald Perkins hopes to show that his client should be sentenced on a lesser charge Mr. Perkins asked that sentencing be delayed until 2nd District Judge David E. Roth rules on the motions, and further to rule, based n the evidence presented in the trial, that Worthen was innocent of the Oct. 19, 1982, beating death of Heidi Jo That motion was denied. OGDEN Pa-vic- sentencing as manslaughter rather murder. A hearthan second-degre- e ing on those motions will be held Oct. 17. Worthen will be held in the Davis County Jail pending that hearing When presented with the new motions. Judge Roth asked. How do you intend to convince me the evidence was inadequate when I sat and heard the evidence'" 6 domen, which caused her duodenum to be torn in half small intestine and ruptured her spleen. Testimony from doctors, relatives and day care center employees showed jurors in the second trial the Utah Technical PROVO (AP) College at Orem and Provo will be a community group, said Don A. Car- felt otherwise. Worthen and his wife testified that they thought the girl was suffering from a serious bout with the flu. They said that during approximately an eight- diate physical reaction rhea and complained that her my hurt body. Idaho County Balks at U. Medical Bill Franklin PRESTON, Idaho (AP) County commissioners say they do not intend to pay a $94,000 University of Utah Medical Center bill for treating a Mexican citizen who could not afford the expense. County Attorney Jay McKenzie said Tuesday the commissioners have turned down the medical center's request for payment of the indigent claim for Amado Camacho. McKenzie said he recommended the denial because Camacho is not a. legal U.S. resident. McKenzie also said although Camacho was injured in an automobile accident in Franklin County, he was not living in the county at the time. If he had been a resident at the time, he severed that relationship when he returned to Mexico, McKenzie added. Camacho had lived in Caribou County for three months before he was arrested and turned over to immigration officials in September YOUR CHOICE 1983. McKenzie said Camacho returned to Idaho later that year and was involved in the Franklin County accident. He was taken to the University Medical Centers intensive care unit, where he remained for 43 days, McKenzie said. 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Coffey was origina"y charged with aggravated kidnaping and aggravated robbery in the June 25 armed robbery of Murray's Pharmacy, 2388 Harrison Blvd. Police said a man demanded drugs from the pha then kidnaped an employee a ,d fieo ,n The employee was release Pleasant View, Weber Ccaii'v. v the suspect took a bank i i.uge, n tage and drove him to Box Elder County Judge Roth sentenced Coffey to sentence at serve a Utah State Prison. reg. Plat Latex House 6 Trim Paint (Perma White Only) reg $18.99 G Guilty to Super Paint Latex Flat House O' Trim Paint terior Latex Ha A-10- $8.00 SAVE QffiPfTHS? :.s p ,r,', tl ; .rchaoo 8 vom- tum- Mrs Worthen is scheduled to stand trial on child abuse and obstruction of justice charges Monday in connection with Heidi's death and alleged perjury during her husband's first trial. Heidi's in period, the girl to - ited every 20 to 30 minutes, had diar- while her mother. Kathleen Pavich Worthen, went to the spa. Physicians testified during the trial that the blow would have caused an almost imme- penter. spokesman for the regents. Utah Technical College President J. Marvin Higbee had presented the board with two name possibilities, Utah Valley College and Utah Valley Community College. renamed Utah Valley Community College if legislators approve a proposal tentatively endorsed by the State Board of Regents. The change was recommended by ique The defense attempted to prove the death could have been caused at the hands of the girl's mother, father or stepfather, although witnesses said the girl was not sick until after Worthen watched her for two hours Regents Endorse College Name Change Mr Perkins said he plans to argue the difference in definitions between "depraved indifference" and "reckless disregard for life. During closing arguments, Mr. Perkins said he did not feel a blow to the abdomen of a by an adult constituted The jury depraved indifference. Utah Medical Examiner Dr. MonRyser said the injury would have been similar to one caused in an automobile accident in which a car, trav50 to 70 miles eling at a speed from a and forces the tree strikes per hour, steering wheel into the drivers chest. She said the pain would have been excruciating an girl's last two weeks. It depicted emotionally troubled little girl who most likely was the recipient of abuse from her stepfather. Doctors testified Heidi was a victim of Battered Child introduced Syndrome Even a picture taken and by Heidi's defense the by weeks prior to her grandmother death, showed the girl with a swollen cheek, black eye and injured lip The second conviction came following testimony which led the jury to believe that Worthen acted with depraved indifference to life in killing his wife's youngest daughter. The girl died after being struck in the ab- conviction was the second for Worthen, who was convicted of the same offense 19 months ago by a Davis County jury. That conviction was tossed out after the trial judge, Douglas L Cornaby, declared there should be a new trial because evidence of previous child abuse was improperly admitted. Neither the defense nor the prosecutor questioned the admission of such evidence during the trial or afterwards. The Sept. 5 |
