WINNEMUCCA - Gary Lee Robinson decided to enter a guilty plea agreement for three felony charges rather than go to trial.
Robinson appeared with his attorney, Public Defender Matthew Stermitz, before Judge Michael Montero on Oct. 26 in Sixth Judicial District Court for a change of plea hearing. Robinson pled guilty to battery with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon and ex-felon in possession of a firearm, all three of which are Category B felonies.
Montero told Robinson that the potential penalties for the first count was two to 10 years prison with a fine of not more than $10,000; count two penalty was one to six years prison with a fine not more than $5,000 and count three penalty was the same as for count two.
Montero asked Robinson for a statement of the factual basis of his guilty pleas. Robinson told the court that the pit bull was a young dog that was gentle but barked at the neighbor kids. He stated that the dog was running around barking at law enforcement officers and was shot. Robinson was interrupted by Montero and Stermitz told the court that his client had told the dog to "get them (expletive) boy." Stermitz also stated that a firearm was found in Robinson's residence and since he was an ex-felon, Robinson constructively possessed it.
Montero set Robinson's sentencing for Dec. 12 at 2:30 p.m.
Robinson had appeared for a competency hearing Oct. 24. Montero stated during that hearing that results of Robinson's psychological evaluation indicated that the defendant was competent to stand trial.
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