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Drunken-driving case against former US teen star David Cassidy nears resolution

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FILE - This Aug. 8, 2009 file photo shows actor-singer David Cassidy, best known for his role as Keith Partridge on "The Partridge Family," arrives at the ABC Disney Summer press tour party in Pasadena, Calif. A defense lawyer says a New York drunken-driving charge against 1970s teen heartthrob David Cassidy has been reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor and returned to a town court for resolution. Cassidy was pulled over in the town of Schodack and charged with driving while intoxicated in August 2013, when he was in upstate New York for a horse racing meet in Saratoga Springs. The charge was a felony because Cassidy has a 2011 driving-under-the-influence conviction in his home state of Florida. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)

SCHODACK, N.Y. – A lawyer says a drunken-driving charge against 1970s U.S. teen heartthrob David Cassidy has been reduced from a felony to a misdemeanour and returned to a court for resolution.

Cassidy was pulled over in the New York town of Schodack and charged with driving while intoxicated in August.

The charge was a felony because Cassidy has a 2011 driving-under-the-influence conviction in his home state of Florida.

Attorney Lucas Mihuta says the 63-year-old “Partridge Family” star won’t be in court Wednesday because he’s in alcohol rehabilitation after a January arrest in Los Angeles. Mihuta says he’ll ask the judge for an adjournment while details of a plea deal are completed.

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