As Andrew A. Rogers sat quietly in his prison-issued jumpsuit yesterday, a judge told him that he will be tried for murder in connection with the February death of a Penn State student.

Centre County District Judge Jonathan Grine ruled that the prosecution, with the testimony of two law enforcement officials and a pathologist, presented sufficient evidence to allow the case to move forward.

But Harry Camerow, who performed the autopsy, also reported that the victim, Youngcheol Park, 24, had cocaine in his system at the time of his death.

Rogers, 28, was charged with first-, second- and third-degree murder after he allegedly fatally beat Park in Rogers' State College residence, 224 Nimitz Ave. Rogers turned himself in to the Uniontown Police Department on Feb. 27, four days after the incident.

Camerow said Park sustained multiple bruises on his legs, elbow and neck, a linear bruise on his neck -- which was created by an object -- a fractured nose,

broken teeth and several bruises on his scalp. Camerow said Park also suffered multiple scull fractures and bleeding of the brain.

"He received a minimum of five separate and distinct blows to the head," Camerow said.

State College Police Department Detective Michael McDaniel testified that Rogers told him, during an interview in Uniontown, that he struck Park between 20 and 50 times.

Centre County Chief Public Defender David Crowley, Rogers' attorney, who has said his client acted in self-defense in his home, specifically asked Camerow about the amount of cocaine in Park's system and how it might have affected the victim.

Camerow said it is hard to tell how much cocaine Park had used prior to his death because the substance often oxidizes into other substances. The report also shows Park had been drinking. He had a .056 blood-alcohol level, which is less than the legal limit of .08 to drive a car.

"These are below toxic levels, and it is clear that although these substances were in his blood, it was not a cocaine-related death," Camerow said.

Uniontown police Lt. Michael Metros testified that he was in shock when Rogers approached him outside the Uniontown police station and said there was a body in his kitchen.

McDaniel testified that the house looked much like Rogers described in his statement -- blood on the walls and floor, a bloody baseball bat, a rolling pin, a beer bottle and Park's body lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen.

In his statement, Rogers said he had been struck by a man whom he met that night and knew only as "Sweet," and McDaniel said Rogers told him in the interview that he was using self-defense in his own home.

"[Rogers] had the opportunity to remove himself from the situation. He could have left the house, locked a door ... done something," McDaniel said during Crowley's cross examination.

McDaniel said in the original interview that he questioned the legitimacy of "Sweet." He said it is impossible to tell whether there is a "Sweet" because DNA and fingerprints from the Pennsylvania State Police are still being processed.

"We've gotten numerous tips from the public," McDaniel said. "We've had 19 persons of interest and four different photo lineups to show Mr. Rogers."

Crowley said the prosecution -- Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira and Assistant District Attorney Lance Marshall -- has not shown enough evidence for Rogers' charges to continue.

"The commonwealth has not established malice -- the intention to commit a crime," Crowley said. "This was not a bludgeoning death where he continued for a long period of time after Park was unconscious. He was being attacked in his own home."

Madeira said malice can be inferred if someone causes a significant amount of injury with the use of a deadly weapon on the body.

"He used a baseball bat on a vital part of the body. He had the specific intent to kill," Madeira said. "He hit the individual 20 to 50 times; that is well beyond self protection."

Rogers also faces two counts of robbery, one count of theft and one count of receiving stolen property.

Rogers' pretrial conference and jury selection are scheduled for July 18 and Aug. 7, respectively.