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Cody Lane Miller of Fresno reneged on his plea deal Monday in the brutal 2010 slaying of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers in San Luis Obispo County.
Miller, who had agreed to testify in exchange for a sentence of 39 years and four months to life in prison, briefly took the stand outside the jury's presence and announced that he planned to plead the Fifth Amendment, exercising his right not to incriminate himself.
As a result, the deal was made void, and a date for a separate trial will be set for his case.
Neither Miller nor his attorney, Gael Mueller, offered a reason for his decision. During the trial, however, several witnesses have been reluctant to testify, fearing retaliation by people close to Frank Jacob York and his mother, Rhonda Maye Wisto.
Testimony in the case has implicated Wisto as the one who planned the murder, allegedly because Myers disrespected her.
