The case finally showed up on the docket, and I got more information post-arraignment. My situation is only one of three felonies he was charged with.
He has one prior serious felony conviction, and California has a three strikes plan that includes a doubling of your sentence if you have one prior conviction.
If he has found guilty of robbing me (second-degree ) and the one prior strike is counted, he is looking at anywhere from 4 to 10 years in jail - and a second strike.
He is also charged with two other felonies involving other parties on other dates NOT involving gas station muggings. Each one of those others could be a second strike as well. I assume (could be 100% wrong) the DA could also bifurcate the charges, find him guilty on one of the three for the second strike, and then later convict him of the third one and send him for a long stretch or life. Which are pretty good grounds for taking a deal and pleading to avoid that possibility.
Dunno.
But my guess would be that he pleads to all of them and gets 8 to 10 years in the pokey. In any event, I don’t think I’ll need to go back to Oakland, City of Light, City of Magic.