Dallas Mavericks DeShawn Stevenson Arrested for Public Intoxication
Late Tuesday night, Texas police officers received a call about a drunk man wandering around an apartment complex. Turns out it was Dallas Mavericks DeShawn Stevenson, claiming to be lost. Stevenson failed the field sobriety tests that he performed and the cops arrested him for public intoxication.
Public intoxication in Texas is very similar to California’s “drunk in public” law…both prohibit being intoxicated to the point that you are a safety risk to yourself or others. It is because the police believed that Stevenson presented this danger that they arrested him.
Under California’s drunk in public law, Stevenson would face a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in a county jail and a maximum $1,000 fine. He’s lucky he wasn’t here at the time of the offense, as he only faces up to 12 hours in jail and a maximum $500 fine.
After sobering up, he was released on $475 bail.
