Sacramento Kings forward Andres Nocioni pled no contest to drunken driving and will serve two days of community service. Nocioni agreed to the work program to avoid jail time. He must serve 48 hours with a sheriff's work project as part of his sentence.
Nocioni's attorney William Portanova entered the misdemeanor plea Monday in Sacramento County Superior Court. Nocioni was not present at the courtroom.
The case stems from a Nov. 5 arrest that took place around 2 a.m. when a police officer noticed Nocioni driving a car that was weaving through downtown Sacramento. According to police sergeant Norm Leong, he smelled a trace of alcohol on Nocioni's breath. He was stopped after driving away from a Sacramento bar and hours after the Sacramento Kings lost a game against the Atlanta Hawks.
Nocioni was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or higher. Nocioni earlier said he was sorry for his "lapse in judgment" in a statement issued last year. He also must complete a three-month alcohol class, pay a $480 fine and court penalties and serve three years' probation.
Nocioni received a sentence that allowed him to avoid jail time, instead he received community service, alcohol school, a fine and three years probation. Other people that have received a Los Angeles DUI charge are prone to service mandatory jail time depending on the severity of the Los Angeles DUI charge and if they are repeat offenders. Although Nocioni received a reduced sentence, he must still deal with the punishments ordered by the judge and will have the DUI on his record.
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