Calif State Sen. Roy Ashburn (R) Gets Probation In DUI Case

[Kadie]

Ashburn Gets Probation In DUI Case
Conservative Senator's Arrest Led To Admission That He's Gay
POSTED: 10:05 am PDT April 14, 2010
UPDATED: 10:08 am PDT April 14, 2010

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California State Sen. Roy Ashburn was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation in connection with a drunken driving incident in Sacramento.

California State Sen. Roy Ashburn was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation in connection with a drunken driving incident in Sacramento.

The Republican from Bakersfield was not present in court. His attorney entered a no-contest plea on his behalf.

Ashburn was also ordered to serve 48 hours jail time, but that will be served in work release.

The arrest eventually led to the conservative senator's admission that he's gay.

Ashburn was driving a Senate-issued vehicle when he was pulled over near the state Capitol in early March. The next day, reports surfaced that Ashburn had left Faces, a gay nightclub, with an unidentified man in the passenger seat of the state vehicle.

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Shelly Orio, a spokeswoman from the Sacramento County district attorney's office, said a breath test showed the senator's blood-alcohol level was 0.14 percent, or 0.06 points above the legal limit.

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[HopeHoops]

1. I wonder what the payoff amount was.

Your average citizen would have at least gotten ARD (or equivalent).