This whole "told yall! he just a freak' dassit!" thing people are pushing would make a LOT more sense if he evaded all charges and still wasn't sitting in jail as I type this, and still wasn't denied bail due to his apparent threat to society.
And who knows, sometimes part of legal strategy is to hit someone with huge and smaller (but serious/felonious) charges - knowing that the jury may not slam the defendant on the hugest charge, but will feel compelled to hold them on SOMETHING
It's like shooting for the stars - even if you don't make it to the stars, you'll still land on a cloud cuz you aimed so high.
Just as when this judge sentences Diddy in October, he may not hit him with the full 20 year max, but I highly doubt he will give Diddy probation. He's gonna wanna hold Diddy on SOMETHING as punishment. My guess is 5 years.
Make no mistake, Diddy fully expected to walk out of jail yesterday and go home. Much like his fans, he was probably feeling like a "winner!". But he's still sitting in jail.
He was still found guilty of serious crimes, so the prosecution made their case.
Didn't get the whole shabang with RICO, but they proved Diddy isn't "just a freak".