YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A Yakima County Superior Court jury will now decide if a Washington state man on trial on second-degree murder charges was justified when he fatally stabbed another man in the neck in 2018. Prosecutors say Anthony Mallory was arrested and charged in the death of 55-year-old Michael Ochoa, who was stabbed outside a home in August 2018. He died in a hospital three days later. The Yakima Herald-Republic reported that prosecuting attorneys and defense attorney Kenneth Therrien agree that Mallory stabbed Ochoa. Mallory could be convicted of intentional or felony second-degree murder or first- or second-degree manslaughter. Jurors must also determine if Mallory used a deadly weapon in the attack.
Jury to deliberate in fatal 2018 stabbing in Washington
