Domestic Violence Conviction

A Gulfport man pleads guilty to two cases of felony domestic violence.
John Robbins IV of Gulfport was charged with his first case of felony domestic violence in January of 2015. Officials say he struck his then girlfriend in the head and then choked her during an altercation at a house in Pass Christian.
Robbins was arrested and charged again in 2016 after security at the Island View Casino witnessed him punch his current girlfriend in the face.
Both cases were prosecuted as felonies because Robbins had two prior misdemeanor convictions for domestic violence in 2013.
Judge Lisa Dodson accepted his guilty pleas and ordered that a presentence report and a mental evaluation of the defendant be completed before his December sentencing date.