UTICA - The second of three men charged with murder rejected a plea deal Friday.

Jameen Kelly is facing two counts of second-degree murder and other felony charges following a fatal fight outside of Denny's in Rome back in March.

Two men - Daniel Hernandez and Judson Watkins died in that fight. The judge says by rejecting the plea deal Kelly could now face a sentence of up to 100 years in prison.

Kelly's defense attorney, Rebecca Whitman, tried to dismiss the charges Friday. She says her client did not testify before a grand jury because he wasn't aware he was being charged with a second count of murder.

"We would really have no basis to remotely conclude that other than Judson Watkins ended up dead in the course of the fight that we were going to be subject to not one murder count but a murder count of Judson Watkins," Wittman said.

Judge Barry Donalty dismissed the motion, and Kelly will be back in court in May. That's when the third man accused of being involved in the fight - Joshua Diggs - will be in court to accept or reject his plea deal.