BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A hearing to determine whether three men previously convicted of murder will stand trial in the slaying of an inmate at North Kern State Prison has been postponed to next year.
Eric Servin, Jose Gonzalez and Alfred R. Rodriguez are now scheduled for a preliminary hearing Jan. 27, where a judge will decide if there’s enough evidence for the case to proceed. There have been multiple postponements, most recently in August.
The three men are accused of attacking Nick Vedol Lopez with homemade weapons in a recreation yard at the Delano prison on the evening of Nov. 10, 2024, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Corrections officers used pepper spray to stop the attack…