Mike Tyson Gets 24 Hours In Jail For A Felony

Taking a page out of Pete Doherty's playbook, Mike Tyson was ordered to serve just 24 hours in prison despite pleading guilty to a felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor DUI count.

The prosecutor in the case had asked for one year in prison for the former heavyweight champion who had faced a maximum of sentence of four years and three months in prison. The prosecutor stated that this was Tyson's 4th or 5th chance, and that the state of Arizona should not be an enabler.

The latest charges stemmed from a traffic stop in Scottsdale on Dec. 29 after the boxer had spent the evening at Scottsdale's Pussycat Lounge and was seen driving erratically. An officer said he saw Tyson wiping a white substance off the dashboard of his black BMW, and that his speech was slurred.

Authorities said they found bags of cocaine in Tyson's pocket and in his car.

Tyson told officers later that he used cocaine "whenever I can get my hands on it," and that he preferred to smoke it in Marlboro cigarettes with the tobacco pulled out, according to court documents. He also told police that he used marijuana that day and was taking the antidepressant Zoloft, the documents state.

If I loved coke that much, I'm not sure I would have the patience to go out and buy cigarettes, take out the tobacco, and then carefully replace it with coke. Maybe it was a hobby for Mike though. Some people like model airplanes, and others like collecting stamps. Mike enjoyed replacing tobacco with in cigarettes with coke. He probably also collects ears and wears them around his neck, but let's just stick to the tobacco and coke story for now.