Ross pleads no contest to DUI charge

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Diana Ross was convicted Monday of driving under the influence and ordered to spend two days in jail.

The R&B diva, who telephoned into the city court hearing from New York, pleaded no contest to DUI. Two related charges were dropped.

Tucson Magistrate T. Jay Cranshaw found Ross guilty of DUI and sentenced her to serve 48 hours in jail before March 9 and to complete at least 36 hours of alcohol-abuse treatment by Aug. 9. She also was sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation and fines and fees totaling about $850.

"She got whatever an ordinary citizen who received the same citizen would have received," said Ronald Beran, a deputy city attorney.

Ross asked no questions and had no comment during the hearing other than thanking the judge.

Ross, 59, rose to stardom as lead singer of the Supremes during the 1960s, with 14 consecutive No. 1 hit records, and was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as Billie Holiday in the 1972 "Lady Sings the Blues."

She has had more than 70 hit singles and been a Grammy nominee at least nine times.

Tucson police arrested her Dec. 30, 2002, after a driver called to report a car traveling southbound in the northbound lanes just outside the city's northeast limits.

Breath test results showed Ross had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.20 percent. Arizona's legal limit is 0.08.