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Art Garfunkel pleaded guilty to marijuana possession in upstate New York and paid $200 in fines.
The singer's attorney was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday but instead entered a guilty plea, the Daily Freeman of Kingston reported.
Garfunkel paid a $100 fine and $100 in costs, court officials said Wednesday.
Garfunkel, 62, of Manhattan, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana after state police stopped his limousine for speeding Jan. 17 in Hurley, 55 miles southwest of Albany.
The trooper who stopped the limo, in which Garfunkel was the lone passenger, smelled marijuana and found a bag containing 6 grams of the drug in Garfunkel's jacket pocket, police said.
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