Nuggets guard J.R. Smith has been sentenced to 90 days in jail Tuesday night for causing an auto accident in June 2007 that killed his friend. Smith will likely end up serving only 30.
Municipal Judge Debra J. Gelson suspended 60 days of the sentence providing Smith performs 500 hours of community service consisting of visiting sick children at hospitals. He also must pay a $500 fine plus $39 court costs, according to the Asbury Park Press.
Smith was taken into custody immediately by New Jersey state police and taken to Monmouth County Jail.
Nuggets vice president of basketball operations Mark Warkentien declined to comment when reached by phone Tuesday night by The Denver Post. The team later sent out a news release from Warkentien.
