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Two co-defendants of a man on trial for a drug-related murder in Provo have been held in contempt for refusing to testify.

In plea agreement documents, Darrell Morris admitted he was paid in drugs to beat up a man believed to be a "snitch."

Morris claimed he asked his friend, Danny LeRoy Logue, to help him with the beating, but said Logue brought a gun and killed the victim, 32-year-old Andy Purcell, on May 16, 2011.

But when called to testify against Logue on Friday — the seventh day of Logue's aggravated murder trial — Morris refused to answer questions.

On Wednesday, Yuri Sanchez Lara, the man who paid to have Purcell beaten, also was held in contempt for refusing to testify.

Fourth District Judge Derek Pullan fined each man $1,000 and ordered them to serve 30 days in jail consecutive to their current prison terms.

Logue, 49, is on trial for first-degree felony aggravated murder and second-degree felony possession of a dangerous weapon, along with three other drug-related felony charges.

Logue allegedly shot Purcell in the forehead, just days after Lara offered Morris methamphetamine in exchange for beating up Purcell.

During opening statements last week, Logue's defense attorney, Scott E. Williams, told the jury that Logue had nothing to do with the 2011 murder. Williams said his client wasn't there when Lara offered Morris an ounce of meth to injure Purcell, and that he wasn't there when Purcell was shot on the porch of his mother's Provo home.

Deputy Utah County Attorney Curtis Larson told the jury that events were put in motion May 5, 2011, when Lara got busted by for meth distribution. The drug dealer thought it was Purcell who "snitched" to the police, the prosecutor said. (Police, however, have said that the person who snitched on Lara was a woman caught with methamphetamine.)

Larson said Lara asked a friend if he knew someone who would beat up someone for him. That friend connected Lara to Morris, who knew Logue.

On the day of the shooting, Morris brought a bat and Logue brought a gun. Morris said as part of his plea deal that Purcell saw them, threatened to call police and "Mr. Logue pulls out a gun and shoots several rounds," Larson said.

Purcell was likely shot at around 2:15 a.m. on May 16, 2011, at which time Provo police responded to a "shots fired" call. The officers found nothing amiss in the area and left.

Purcell's mother found him on the porch about four hours later, still alive, but he died the next day at a hospital.

Morris, 41, pleaded guilty last July to second-degree felony counts of manslaughter and obstruction of justice, along with felony possession of a weapon by a restricted person and was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.

Lara, 35, pleaded guilty in October 2012 to manslaughter and four counts of first-degree felony drug possession with intent to distribute. He is serving up to life in prison.

If convicted of the murder charge, Logue faces a maximum of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.

Logue's trial is expected to go into mid-February.