Andrew Magill found competent to stand trial for murder of Glencoe women

• Trial set for october 2018

Andrew Poteet Magill has been found competent to stand trial for the April 1, murder of Mary Ann Moorhouse, and the attempted murder April 2, of Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Green, 12th Judicial District Attorney John P. Sugg announced today.

Magill was previously indicted on an open count of murder and is alleged to have killed Mary Ann Moorhouse by nearly decapitating her at the Coe Ranch in Glencoe, east of Ruidoso.

Moorhouse was a caretaker at the historic ranch. The Lincoln County Grand Jury also indicted Magill on five counts of Attempt to Commit a Felony, to wit: Murder in the First Degree by Depraved Mind and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm stemming from a shooting incident that occurred at the Lincoln County Medical Center in Ruidoso.

.Magill is alleged to have attacked Deputy Green and other officers who were investigating Ms. Moorhouse’s murder. During the struggle, Magill allegedly obtained Green’s service weapon and shot him in his right bicep.

Magill’s attorney, Raymond G. Conley, appeared with Magill on Nov. 15, before District Court Judge Daniel A. Bryant, and the parties entered a stipulation that Magill was competent to stand trial. Judge Bryant conducted an arraignment and Magill entered a not guilty by reason of insanity plea.

The two incidents have been joined and will be tried together in a three week trial scheduled to begin October 15, 2018. Magill is currently being held in a New Mexico Department of Corrections facility without bond, pursuant to the new constitutional amendment to Article II, Section 13 of the New Mexico Constitution.

The case is being prosecuted by Sugg and Deputy District Attorney David K. Clements