A judge will decide today if the State College man who is accused of beating a Penn State student to death in February will go to trial.

Andrew A. Rogers, 28, who is charged with first-, second- and third-degree murder, will attend his preliminary hearing as Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira attempts to prove to a judge that Rogers was responsible for the beating death of Youngcheol Park, 24.

Madeira said he will be presenting enough evidence to allow the case to move ahead to trial.

"I have to prove more than probable cause, which is what you need to make an arrest," Madeira said. "We won't be going into very specific evidence, though -- mostly just police officers presenting their information."

Centre County Chief Public Defender David Crowley, Rogers' attorney, said the defense is not likely to speak much at the preliminary hearing.

"The judge won't be weighing the evidence," he said. "He just looks to see that the commonwealth has enough of it."

Crowley said it is Madeira's burden to prove Rogers committed a malicious murder with specific intent -- first-degree murder -- and that Rogers committed murder in connection with robbery -- second-degree murder.

Rogers was arrested Feb. 28 after he turned himself in to the Uniontown Police Department near Pittsburgh.

Rogers told the State College Police Department that he, Park and a man he had just met that night, known to him only as "Sweet," were together in Rogers' residence, 224 Nimitz Ave., the night of the incident.

Rogers told police that "Sweet" asked him about purchasing cocaine. Rogers said he knew Park was a cocaine dealer, but Rogers refused to deal with drugs. "Sweet" then asked Rogers to borrow money. At that point, Park came upstairs, and a fight broke out, according to court documents.

In his statement, Rogers said Park and "Sweet" were going to steal his money. Rogers admitted to police that he used a rolling pin and a baseball bat to hit both of them. Rogers said "Sweet" and Park had a gun and pointed it at him. After using the baseball bat to strike at Park's face and head and to knock the gun out of "Sweet's" hands, Rogers said he blacked out.

According to court documents, Rogers said he awoke lying on Park, and they were both covered in blood. Rogers checked Park's pulse, picked up a knife and looked around for "Sweet," but he was no longer in the house, Rogers told police. He said he then took off his bloody clothing, left his house and fled town, allegedly using the money he stole from Park's dead body to pay for items at a gas station and a room at a Pittsburgh hotel before turning himself in.