Source: Associated Press Pubdate: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 ALLEGED BOMBING RINGLEADER SENTENCED IN DRUG CASE FAIRFIELD, Calif. -- A man accused of plotting a courthouse bombing to try to avoid trial on drug charges has been sentenced to 110 years to life in prison on the narcotics charges. Kevin Lee Robinson, 30, was sentenced Monday in Solano County Superior Court. A jury convicted him in September of 10 weapons and drug charges stemming from two raids in 1995 and 1996 at several residences he owned in Vallejo. Robinson sat slumped in a chair next to his attorney and closed his eyes as the sentence was pronounced by Judge R. Michael Smith. Known as ``Big Kev,'' Robinson, who also had a legitimate career as a rap producer, seemed considerably thinner than the 300 pounds he weighed when he was arrested last year. Robinson and five other men are accused in a series of bombings in January 1997 that damaged an ATM bank machine and blew out 22 windows in the Vallejo courthouse. Police believe the men wanted to destroy evidence in Robinson's drug case, which fell under the state's three-strikes sentencing law. Other targets included the Solano County District Attorney's office and a Vallejo police locker. In the drug case, Solano County probation officials recommended that Robinson serve 61 years in prison. County prosecutors were seeking the maximum of 265 years. Smith's sentence came down in the middle, with several of Robinson's prison terms to be served concurrently rather than consecutively. ``It's no big surprise,'' Robinson's attorney, Daniel J. Russo, said outside the courtroom, referring to three-strikes guidelines mandating 25-year-to-life sentences for a third felony conviction. ``We were asking for the maximum, but it is a fair and judicious judgment in the view of the people,'' Solano County Deputy District Attorney Don du Bain said. Robinson will remain at the Solano County Jail pending the outcome of the bombing and conspiracy charges filed against him. His case is scheduled to go to a preliminary hearing on March 20. His five alleged co-conspirators have already been indicted by a county grand jury. Trial dates will be set in April.