Fry had received a death sentence for the Lee murder but was also facing first degree murder counts involving the 1996 fatal stabbings of 18 - year - old Matthew Trecker and 25 - year - old Joseph Fleming at a counter culture store in Farmington, NM, and throwing 40 - year - old Donald Tsosie off a cliff in Navajo country. (lawyer-monthly.com)
Also, you can generally only prove one attempted murder count per course of events, while you might be able to prove dozens of counts of aggravated assaults for multiple stabbings. (law.stackexchange.com)
By leaving the attempted murder count with the jury, it invited a «compromise or perverse verdict,» they state. (canadianlawyermag.com)