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SIERRA BLANCA, Texas, July 9 (UPI) -- A judge in Texas rejected a plea bargain this week that would have spared country music icon Willie Nelson a jail term for possession of marijuana.
Judge Becky Dean-Walker said she believed Hudspeth County Attorney Kit Bramblett, who arranged the agreement, was treating a celebrity too lightly, KVIA-TV in El Paso reported. Under the plea bargain, Nelson would have paid a $500 fine for possession of drug paraphernalia, but the judge wanted him to do jail time.
"To me, it's wrong" she said. "I think that he should be charged with something that shows drugs were involved."
The celebrity news Web site TMZ reports that sources say the district attorney now plans to let the case slide until charges are dismissed for failure to prosecute.
Nelson, 73, was charged after Customs agents said they found a few ounces of pot on his tour bus at the Sierra Blanca border crossing. Bramblett said there are questions about the way the evidence was handled.
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