Father at center of faith-healing case due for sentencing

By Associated Press Published: Jul 31, 2009 at 6:19 AM PST
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Carl Brent and Raylene Worthington listen to the verdict in their trial on Thursday July 23, 2009 in Oregon City, Ore. (AP Photo/Randy L Rasmussen, Pool)

 

OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) - The attorney for an Oregon City man convicted of criminal mistreatment in the faith-healing death of his young daughter is trying to block his sentencing.

Defense attorney Mark Cogan has filed a motion arguing the jury should have used a different standard to decide whether Carl Brent Worthington and his wife, Raylene, knew that withholding medical care could harm their daughter.

A Clackamas County jury acquitted the couple of more serious manslaughter charges, but convicted Carl Worthington of criminal mistreatment, a misdemeanor that could send him to jail for up to a year.

Judge Steven Maurer will hear arguments from Worthington's attorney at a sentencing hearing on Friday afternoon.

 

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