laura ingle outside the courthouse with the latest. >> reporter: we've got the judge who has just finished instructing the jury on the 17 counts against steven haze. six of those are capital felony counts. he went over what is called charging the jury, instructing them on how to deal with all of those charges, if found guilty on the capital felony ones it could bring him the death penalty in this case. hayes has admitted to killing the mother, jennifer hawk petit after sexually assaulting her but denies lighting the fire in the house that led to the death of her two daughters. steven hayes' younger accomplice is accused of sexually assaulting 11-year-old makayla and leaving her tied up to her bed before gasoline was poured over by the the girls and the fire was set. the other suspect is expected to go on trial next year. dr. william petit told jurors