Jenna Bush's license was suspended for 30 days

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A judge on Friday ordered President Bush's daughter Jenna to pay $600 in fines for violating underage drinking laws.

Community Court Judge Elisabeth Earle also suspended Jenna's driver's license for 30 days and ordered her to perform 36 hours of community service.

Jenna Bush, 19, was not present at Friday's court appearance. Her attorney Bill Allison entered a plea for her of no contest to a charge of trying to use someone else's identification to buy alcohol at a restaurant. She had previously pleaded innocent.

For that citation, she was ordered to pay a $100 fine and perform the 36 hours of community service. Because it was her second offense, Earle ordered Jenna to pay an additional $500 in fines.

Her twin sister, Barbara, last month pleaded no contest to underage possession of alcohol stemming from the same visit May 29 to a popular Mexican restaurant.

Just two weeks before that incident, Jenna Bush pleaded no contest to separate underage drinking charges. She was ordered to take alcohol counseling and perform community service.

Earle will submit information on her case to the Department of Public Safety for the license suspension, which will take effect July 18.

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NO CONTEST PLEA
... also known as a nolo contendere plea ... A plea in which the facts supporting the crime's elements come from a source other than the defendant's own words in court (generally, from police investigation reports, witnesses statements, photographs, etc.). A "nolo" plea is used when the defendant cannot recall his criminal actions (sometimes due to intoxication), or his verbal plea from a traditional guilty plea would be used in a potential civil law suit. Regardless, the defendant is treated by a sentencing judge the same as if he was convicted via a guilty plea or trial verdict.

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