James Warren Wilson

Jim Wilson, district attorney for the 22nd Judicial District in Montezuma and Dolores Counties, said he will not step down after his DUI arrest in Buena Vista last month, reports Steve Grazier of The Cortez Journal. Wilson will appear April 7 in Chaffee County Court for a formal advisement of five misdemeanor charges.

If Colorado legislators adopt the recommendations, possessing up to 4 ounces of marijuana would become a petty offense instead of a criminal misdemeanor, and possessing 8 to 16 ounces would become a misdemeanor instead of a felony, The Denver Post reports.