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Logan • A judge on Wednesday denied bail for the 16-year-old boy accused as an accomplice in the shooting of 14-year-old Deserae Turner.

Jayzon Decker is charged with attempted aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and other crimes. He is accused of plotting to kill Turner with another 16-year-old boy, Colter Peterson.

Peterson is accused of firing the bullet that struck Turner in the back of the head on Feb. 16, while prosecutors say Decker encouraged his friend to shoot.

Since the February shooting, both boys have been held at a juvenile detention facility. On Wednesday, Decker's attorney asked that he be allowed to post bail and be released into his family's custody.

Defense attorney Shannon Demler argued that his client is young, has no previous history in juvenile court and is not accused of firing the bullet that seriously injured the girl.

But 1st District Judge Brian Cannell rejected the request, ruling that based on findings made in juvenile court, Decker was a substantial danger to the public. A similar request from Peterson was denied by another judge earlier this week.

Also Tuesday, a two-week trial was set for Decker to begin on Jan. 8 — though his attorney indicated in court that he plans to file a motion to have the case tried in a different county.

Peterson's case is scheduled to go to trial on Nov. 1 and will last nine days.

The juvenile court judge who earlier this month moved the two boys' cases to adult court said that keeping them in the juvenile justice system was not in the best interest of public safety. The teen boys will now face the same potential penalties as if they were adults.

The boys allegedly lured Turner to a Smithfield canal on Feb. 16 under the guise of selling her a pocket knife. The original plan was to slit the girl's throat with knives each boy brought, according to charging documents, but prosecutors allege Peterson ultimately fired a single bullet into the back of Turner's head.

Decker is accused of helping plot the act and encouraging Peterson to shoot. Both boys allegedly took cash and electronics from Turner's backpack after she was shot.

After his arrest, Peterson told police he had become annoyed with Turner for texting and contacting him through the messaging app Snapchat, according to preliminary hearing testimony. Decker told Peterson it would "be pretty easy to get rid of her," a Cache County sheriff's deputy testified. From there, the boys allegedly plotted Turner's death until that February day when they met her at the canal.

Turner's parents reported her missing after she did not return home from school. Two women who knew her family decided to walk a trail near the canal that evening and spotted the girl. They covered her with their coats, the women testified, and called 911. Initially, medics thought the girl needed treatment for hypothermia, according to testimony. Later, they found the gunshot wound.

The shooting left the bullet and several fragments in Turner's brain. The girl's mother has said that her daughter suffers from partial blindness, as well as paralysis and weakening on the left side of her body. Turner, who was hospitalized for nine weeks, is now recovering at her home in the town of Amalga.

The two defendants are Smithfield residents and attended Sky View High School. Turner attended North Cache Middle School in Richmond.

The Salt Lake Tribune generally does not identify juveniles charged with crimes until they are certified to stand trial in adult court, as Peterson and Decker now have been.