FLINT, Mich. (AP) - A man charged in a series of stabbings in a Michigan city and one in Ohio in 2010 will face no additional trials unless his first murder conviction is overturned by an appeals court.
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton says two murder cases and six attempted murder cases will be suspended against Elias Abuelazam. The action was disclosed Friday at a court in Flint.
Leyton says additional trials would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Abuelazam, a native of Israel, already has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after a first murder trial last spring.
People convicted of first-degree murder in Michigan are automatically entitled to an appeal. Abuelazam's is in the early stages.
Abuelazam defense attorney Ed Zeineh says the prosecutor's decision is appropriate.
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