Drunken-driving charge against actor Sam Shepard dismissed

SANTA FE (AP) — Prosecutors in New Mexico have dismissed a drunken-driving charge against actor and playwright Sam Shepard.
The Magistrate Court dismissal said there was no likelihood the case against Shepard would succeed at trial, The Albuquerque Journal reported.
Shepard was arrested May 25 outside the Santa Fe restaurant La Choza after a security guard called police.
District Attorney Angela Pacheco said in a court document filed Monday that eyewitnesses said Shepard drank 1 1/2 margar