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MAGNA -- He was convicted of murdering his live-in girlfriend more than a dozen years after the crime and now a Magna man says he wants a new trial.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports lawyers for Billy Justin Charles say the prosecution's key witness personally gained for taking the stand in the case.
Troy Carl Miller was a cellmate of Charles' and said he heard him confess to the crime. Defense attorneys claim in return for his testimony, Miller was given a favorable sentencing recommendation.
They also claim that there was juror misconduct in the case since one juror did not disclose previous knowledge of the murder.
Jamie Ellen Weiss was killed in 1996. Charles was charged with her murder in 2007 and was convicted of the crime in April.
