Schuylkill County Judge John J. Domalakes has determined that a Coaldale man's role in the beating death of Corey M. Samuels does not merit the death penalty.

Stanley E. Kralik, 18, faces trial on June 20. The trial is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. in courtroom 3. Jury selection is scheduled for June 16.A second man charged in the Jan. 20, 2014, killing, Oliver L. Trizarri, 22, of Reading, plans to plead guilty to third-degree murder and cooperate with prosecutors.Domalakes determined Kralik should not face the death penalty after considering the results of a presentence investigation.Both men are in the county jail without bail. Both are charged with first- and third-degree murder, criminal homicide, robbery/inflicting serious bodily injury, aggravated assault, theft and conspiracy in the death of Samuels, 24, also of Coaldale.According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Frackville state trooper Melissa Kyper, Trizarri and Kralik told Coaldale police that they and Samuels decided to go for a walk in the woods on the night of killing.Kralik and Trizarri had argued with Samuels, who had walked away from them.Police learned that no one had seen Samuels since that night, and turned the investigation over to state police on April 29, 2014.On Sept. 6, 2014, human remains, later identified as Samuels, were discovered in the wooded area off East Miner Street in Coaldale.His death was ruled a homicide.