"I'm not going to be guilty of signing something because someone is a celebrity," Dean-Walker told Reuters. The Texan troubadour famed for hits such as "Crazy" and "Always on My Mind" ran into trouble last November when his tour bus stopped for an immigration checkpoint. A Border Patrol agent smelled marijuana and summoned deputies.
Officials first reported enough marijuana was found to charge the singer with a felony, but County Attorney C.R. Bramblett told Reuters in early June that less than two ounces were found, making it a lesser criminal offense. Nelson agreed in June to plead no contest to a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia, pay a $500 fine and court costs of about $280. Nelson's attorney, Joe Turner, mailed in all the paperwork after striking the deal with Bramblett and expected it to be over by the end of June, he said.
"Normally, that's a done deal," Turner told Reuters. But Dean-Walker said she considered it a more serious offense, and would not approve the deal. She signed it, then scratched her name out when she realized it was such a small punishment, she said.
