angeles mel's sporting goods store. their escape was covered by a machine gun-firing girl. today patty hearst pleaded no contest to charges of robbery and assault in connection with that shooting. >> the sentence could have been as much as 15 years to life. >> the l.a. case was the worst case for her. there was tons of evidence against her in l.a. there was probably at least a year between our case in l.a. and her case. when we were arrested, we only remained in the san mateo jail for three days and we were transported to go to l.a. to go to trial in the mel's case. >> after deliberating for nine days, a los angeles jury found william and emily harris guilty today of kidnapping and robbery in the holdup of a sporting goods store. >> we were convicted to a six-year term. as soon as we were convicted, we could tell that there was pressure from the hearsts. they had removed the judge.