(KNOX) –An 18-year-old Spirit Lake Nation man has admitted to stabbing a 31-year-old man to death. The 31-year-old was also from the Spirit Lake Nation.
Joshua Azure pleaded guilty in North Dakota U.S. District Court to second-degree felony murder for the death of Jesse Clark Davis, who went by J.C. Azure will be sentenced February 3.
Court documents say that Azure stabbed Davis in the thigh at a home in Fort Totten, North Dakota and that Azure was 17 years old at the time.
Azure would have been tried as an adult and was facing life in prison. Federal prosecutors are recommending that he be sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Davis’ family believes Azure’s recommended sentence is light. His family will speak at Azure’s sentencing.
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