Judge Refuses To Dismiss Britney Spears' Invalid Driving License Case

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - She may have settled her other legal troubles, but Britney Spears can't just make this go away. A judge refuses to dismiss a misdemeanor charge from her invalid license case.

Superior Court Judge James A. Steele has rejected the 26-year-old pop star's legal camp's motion to dismiss her year-old misdemeanor charge for driving with an invalid license.

Spears' attorney Michael Flanagan says that the "Toxic" singer is getting a harder time to bargain because of her high profile status.

He tells eonline.com, "The law is clear. She should have just been issued a notice to correct pursuant to the vehicle code. The law says you shall issue a notice to correct. They did not do that. They just moved to prosecute. And she corrected it by obtaining a valid California license before she even got the notice."

Steele's decision comes from the argument that the recovering star may have picked up a new license in October, but she was considered a California resident for 17 months before her hit-and-run accident in August 2007. She was carrying a Louisiana license during the incident.