A Harrisburg man who was supposed to testify against his former codefendant got cold feet before he was scheduled to take the stand in Dauphin County court Thursday afternoon.

Marcus Stultz, 28, of Harrisburg, availed himself of his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination moments before he was scheduled to take the witness stand in the trial against Erick Boone .

Stultz and Boone were previously codefendants in a conjoined case accusing them of beating, robbing and later murdering 43-year-old Dewayne Brown. While police originally charged Stultz with murder, he’s only currently charged with robbery.

Testimony by a “Good Samaritan witness” Tuesday morning revealed the two watched Brown sell drugs on Derry and Thirteenth Streets the night of April 17, 2024 before they approac

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