The trial of the accused murderer Andrew Rogers adjourned at 4:21 this afternoon, leaving the jury charged with deciding whether he is guilty of the homicide charges leveled against him.

Rogers is charged with first- and third-degree murder in the death of Youngcheol Park, a Penn State student, at Rogers' Nimitz Avenue house on Feb. 23, 2006.

Despite feeling sick throughout the day's proceedings, Judge Bradley P. Lunsford said he is prepared to stay put until the jury has finished deliberating, even if it takes "all night."

After today's portion of the trial, the jury now has a nearly three-hour testimony from Rogers himself to mull over, as well as the closing statements from Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira and assistant defense attorney Casey McClain.

Rogers took the stand at about 9 a.m. His testimony was anticipated since the first day of trial, when his defense attorney, Deborah Lux, told jurors he would recount his story of the deadly struggle in his own words.

Rogers' testimony painted a picture of a man scared and confused after being attacked in his own home. His details of the fight, in which he claims a third man known only as "Sweet" caused him to kill Park in self-defense, were consistent with his previous statements to police.

During his closing statement, Madeira finally unveiled his theory about the three bloody footprints at the scene that could not be matched to either Rogers or Park. To explain why the prints, which were left under and around Park's body in the kitchen, could not belong a third person, Madeira used Rogers' story of the events.

"The only person standing over the body, by his own admission, was the defendant," Madeira said.

According to Rogers' statement to police, the last thing he remembers is Sweet picking up and pointing a gun at him, which he and Park had been grappling for in the kitchen.

Madeira said Rogers' story never places Sweet inside the kitchen around the area of Park's body.