What's Next for O.J. Simpson?

Sept. 17, 2007 — -- O.J. Simpson may still face serious criminal charges in the alleged armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers even if he never personally carried a weapon or if the items actually belonged to him, criminal defense attorneys tell ABC News.

If the others in Simpson's entourage had guns during the incident, during which police say Simpson and five other men robbed two memorabilia dealers, Simpson could be charged with robbery with a deadly weapon and other crimes, lawyers say.

"If you've got the gun and I'm saying, 'Give him the money,' we're both going to be charged with the same offense," said Jeffrey Shaner, a criminal defense lawyer in Las Vegas.

Though acquitted in 1995 of killing his ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman, the former football star now faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison.

Simpson was arrested Sunday in Las Vegas and booked on suspicion of two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of burglary with a firearm, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit burglary for reportedly stealing sports collectibles from two memorabilia dealers. He faces at least four and up to 30 years in prison on each of the armed robbery charges alone.

"He's facing some extremely serious charges," said Luis Rojas, a former prosecutor with the Las Vegas district attorney's office. "He's in so much hot water right now."

Simpson has described the incident as a "sting operation," saying he was only retrieving items that were stolen from him.

Bruce Fromong, one of the dealers in the room and a former friend of Simpson's, said on "Good Morning America" that Simpson and his cohorts initially said they were customers looking to buy memorabilia.

"The door burst open, and in came, running in, almost commando style, O.J. Simpson and some of his people, with guns drawn," Fromong said. "And O.J. at that time was saying, 'I want my stuff. I want my stuff.'"

Simpson told The Associated Press that the memorabilia --