Stockard Channing pleads not guilty in LA drunken driving case

Thursday, April 21st 2005, 10:14 am

By: News On 6

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Emmy-winning actress Stockard Channing pleaded not guilty Wednesday to drunken driving charges stemming from an incident late last year on the Hollywood Freeway.

Channing, 60, who won an Emmy for her role as the first lady on NBC's ``The West Wing,'' was arrested Dec. 14 after allegedly trying to drive around a roadblock set up so a tow truck could removed a disabled tractor-trailer.

California Highway Patrol Officer Alex Delgadillo said Channing's blood-alcohol levels were .12 and .13. The legal limit in California is .08.

The actress made the plea involving two misdemeanor counts of drunken driving through her attorney. The next hearing in the case was scheduled for May 26.