O.J. Simpson will go before a jury on kidnapping and robbery charges after a decision by a Las Vegas justice of the peace on Wednesday.

Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure made the decision following the fourth day of a preliminary hearing into the case against Simpson and two others.

"This is what we expected," Simpson told The Associated Press before he left the courtroom. "If I have any disappointment it's that I wish a jury was here. As always, I rely on the jury system."

Simpson, Clarence "C.J." Stewart and Charles Ehrlich face 12 charges stemming from an alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room in September.

No charges in the 12-count complaint against the three men were dropped.

Kidnapping convictions could result in a life sentence with possibility of parole. Armed robbery convictions would mandate some time in prison.

The defendants were ordered to arraignment on Nov. 28 before Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass.

The case stems from a Sept. 13 confrontation in a casino hotel room where Simpson and a group of men allegedly stole items from two sports memorabilia dealers.

Yale Galanter, an attorney for Simpson, said he was sure the trial would prove Simpson innocent.

"He has said from the beginning he went into that room to recover family heirlooms," Galanter said. "We all know now that that is a very likely scenario."

Galanter said he believes in the justice system and that the stories of those testifying against Simpson will prove to be false. He said if there had been a jury seated for the preliminary hearing, it would have found Simpson not guilty based off the testimony given.

"If there was a jury now, the charges against my client would have been dismissed and all of this would be over," he said.

The hearing lasted two days last week and resumed Tuesday after a three-day recess. The first witness on the stand Wednesday was Alfred Beardsley, one of the memorabilia dealers who was allegedly held up by Simpson and some armed men.

Beardsley said that Simpson and a group of men with guns barged into his hotel room and ordered him to stand up while they searched him for weapons.

He said that he tried to calm Simpson down, testifying that he "could see it in his face" that the former NFL star wanted answers for why the dealers were there with what Simpson said was his property.

Beardsley told the court that he didn't steal any of the items. He said that he told Simpson the memorabilia came from a former partner of the other dealer in the room.

On Tuesday, one of the men who accompanied Simpson to a hotel-room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers testified that the former football star wanted them to bring "heat" to show they meant business.

Michael "Spencer" McClinton, the third co-defendant to take a plea deal in the case, testified that Simpson asked him to bring guns and told him to use them to intimidate Beardsley and fellow dealer Bruce Fromong.

"He said, 'Show them your weapon and look menacing,'" McClinton testified.

Walter Alexander, another former co-defendant who accepted a plea deal in the case, said that the former NFL star instructed McClinton to draw his weapon before the group entered the room.

But Gabriel Grasso, another of Simpson's attorneys, maintained that McClinton's story was different than in a statement that he gave in October.

Simpson has said that no guns were displayed during the confrontation, that he never asked anyone to bring guns and that he did not know anyone had guns.

He has said he intended only to retrieve items that had been stolen from him by a former agent, including the suit he wore the day he was acquitted of murder in 1995.

Fromong said in court Thursday that Simpson burst into a hotel room with a handful of other men, screaming, 'This is all my s---. This all belongs to me. You stole this from me. Let's pack up. Let's get out of here.'"

The dealer also testified that one of the men pointed a gun in his face during the alleged confrontation, which lasted five to six minutes, and claimed the men stuffed hundreds of items into pillowcases and the Palace Station hotel-casino, where the incident allegedly took place.

But another key witness for the prosecution, however, contradicted Fromong's testimony.

Thomas Riccio said that he used a key to admit Simpson and a group of men to the hotel room to claim Simpson's property, denying there was a "military style invasion."