Former SNL star pleads not guilty to DUI

updated 11:01 p.m. ET Jan. 26, 2006

LOS ANGELES - Former “Saturday Night Live” star Tracy Morgan is heading to court after pleading not guilty to charges of drunken driving, prosecutors said Thursday.

Morgan pleaded not guilty Jan. 13 to two misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence of alcohol after being arrested in Los Angeles on Dec. 2, city attorney’s spokesman Frank Mateljan said. He is due in Superior Court for a pretrial hearing Feb. 23.

His attorney, Blair Berk, declined to comment.

The 37-year-old comic, who has starred in various films and TV shows, is known for “Saturday Night Live” characters Astronaut Jones and Brian Fellow.

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