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Paul Pelosi, 82, will avoid any further incarceration after the
judge gave him four days' credit for time already served in jail
following his arrest and ordered him to perform eight hours of
community service in lieu of the one remaining day, according to
his attorney Amanda Bevins.
Bevins entered the guilty plea on her client's behalf in Napa
County Superior Court. The defendant chose not to appear for the
proceeding, as his presence was not required, according to a
press release from the county prosecutor's office.
Paul Pelosi, a venture capital executive, was arrested on
suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) after
he was involved in a two-car crash in California's wine country
in May. Police said his Porsche collided with a Jeep when he
attempted to cross a highway, though no one was seriously hurt.
His wife, a California Democrat and second in line to succeed
the U.S. president as speaker of the House of Representatives,
was in Rhode Island at the time of the incident to deliver a
commencement address at Brown University.
Under an agreement reached with prosecutors to settle the case,
Judge Joseph Solga on Tuesday accepted Paul Pelosi's guilty plea
to a single misdemeanor count of DUI causing injury.
The judge dismissed a second charge of driving with a
blood-alcohol level of .08% or higher, the state's legal limit,
and causing injury. That charge, like the one Paul Pelosi
pleaded guilty to, carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail,
a spokesman for the county district attorney's office said.
Although spared any additional jail time, Paul Pelosi was placed
on three years probation and forbidden to operate a motor
vehicle for a year unless it is equipped with a DUI ignition
device, which prevents the driver from starting the car without
first providing an instant alcohol-free breath sample.
Paul Pelosi also was ordered to pay $4,927 in restitution to the
driver of the other car for medical bills and lost wages, plus
the standard restitution fee of $150 and a $1,723 court fine,
the district attorney's (D.A.) office said.
Besides the penalties imposed by the judge, the state Department
of Motor Vehicles could also suspend Paul Pelosi's driver's
license for a year based on his conviction, the D.A.'s office
said
(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Josie Kao)
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