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BY LEO STANDORA
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Florida prosecutors dropped a drunken-driving charge against fallen baseball star Dwight Gooden yesterday, but slapped him with a new count of reckless driving.
The legal maneuvering came as Gooden pleaded not guilty to fleeing a cop who stopped his car in Florida last month because the officer thought the former Mets and Yankees star was intoxicated.
The 41-year-old former Cy Young winner didn't appear for his arraignment and had his lawyer read his plea into the court record."
BY LEO STANDORA
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Florida prosecutors dropped a drunken-driving charge against fallen baseball star Dwight Gooden yesterday, but slapped him with a new count of reckless driving.
The legal maneuvering came as Gooden pleaded not guilty to fleeing a cop who stopped his car in Florida last month because the officer thought the former Mets and Yankees star was intoxicated.
The 41-year-old former Cy Young winner didn't appear for his arraignment and had his lawyer read his plea into the court record."
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