Where an applicant is stabbed six times including two life-threatening wounds to the head and chest inflicted in a frenzy, the jury is entitled but not bound to find intent to kill beyond reasonable doubt. The absence of motive, prior acquaintance, premeditation, and the brief duration of the attack do not, separately or together, require the jury to acquit of attempted murder. Factual comparisons with other cases where appellate courts found verdicts unsafe are not of assistance; the question remains whether on the whole of the evidence the jury was bound to have a doubt.
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