BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A trial date of Jan. 12 was set Thursday for a man charged with murder and robbery in the grisly stabbing death of a Bakersfield attorney eight years ago.
During a brief court hearing, attorneys said Nicholas Quintana, 27, no longer faces the death penalty in the slaying of Marcos Vargas, 26.
If convicted as charged, he’ll receive life without parole…