BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — It will be at least another couple months before Nicholas Quintana, who claimed he killed a Bakersfield attorney in self-defense and whose first trial in 2021 ended with jurors deadlocked on murder and robbery charges, stands trial a second time.
There have been numerous delays in getting a second trial off the ground, and on Friday another postponement was granted. The retrial is now set for Oct. 19.
Last year, Quintana pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter only for the plea to be withdrawn after probation officials said the agreed upon sentence of 24 years in prison couldn’t be reached based on that charge…