The appeal by a West Texas county attorney to have Willie Nelson sing in exchange for leniency has been dismissed by Judge Beck Dean-Walker as a joke that went out of hand. The appeal by a West Texas county attorney to have Willie Nelson sing in exchange for leniency has been dismissed by Judge Beck Dean-Walker as a joke that went out of hand.

Attorney Kit Bramblett suggested that Willie Nelson’s recent charge for possession of marijuana be dropped down to a misdemeanor count if he paid a small fine and sang the song Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, from Nelson’s album Red Headed Stranger, to the court at a later date.

In November 2010, the 77-year-old country icon and pro-marijuana activist was on a tour bus en route to California through Texas, when a border agent smelled marijuana and discovered a three-ounce stash, which Nelson admitted was his. He was then taken to the Hudspeth County jail, where he was warned that he could spend up to 180 days behind bars.