Disgraced football player O.J. Simpson was ordered on Wednesday to stand trial for armed robbery, kidnapping and other felony charges, stemming from his September Las Vegas attempt to retrieve some of his belongings.

More than ten years after he was shockingly acquitted of double homicide, the former NFL running back was cleared for trial on 12 felony counts of armed robbery, assault, kidnapping, burglary, conspiracy and coercion.

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

Simpson told reporters that he wasn't surprised by Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure’s ruling and that he’s hopeful the jurors will do what's right.

"This is what we expected," Simpson was quoted by The Associated Press as saying 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."

Bonaventure refused to dismiss any charges in the 12-count complaint against Simpson, and co-defendants Clarence Stewart and Charles Ehrlich, who allegedly broke into a hotel room at the Palace Station Casino in Las Vegas on September 13 where Simpson and a group of men, whom he called “his golfing buddies” allegedly stole items from two sports memorabilia dealers worth an estimated $100,000.

The defendants are to enter their pleas on Nov. 28.

"We're disappointed, but we understand the judge's decision," Stewart's attorney, Robert Lucherini, said, adding that he might move to have his client tried separately.

Simpson’s attorney, Yale Galanter, said he was sure the trial would prove his client 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."

"He knows in his heart he is totally innocent of these charges and believes in the jury system," Galanter added.

Three of the men who accompanied Simpson, including two who said they carried guns, took plea deals and testified for the prosecution during a four-day preliminary hearing when five others testified, all supporting Clark County prosecutors' version of events: Simpson asked at least two of the five people accompanying him on the day of the incident to carry guns and then proceeded to bully collectors Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong into giving him back things he claimed were his, including signed baseballs and footballs, awards and photographs.

Defense attorneys characterized the witnesses as con artists and crooks out for a buck.

According to court officials, a trial could begin as "soon" as next fall while, Simpson who remains free on $125,000 bail, will spend the next two weeks in Miami golfing and spending time with his family before returning to Las Vegas to be arraigned, Galanter said.