A Hutchinson man has been sentenced to a year in jail for his ninth conviction for driving under the influence.

The Hutchinson News reports 48-year-old Percy Seamster apologized Friday to Reno County District Judge Trish Rose for his “stupidity.”

His public defender had asked for a minimum 90-day jail sentence for the felony conviction, noting he had never failed to appear in court.

Seamster was arrested April 2 when Hutchinson police found him passed out in the driver’s seat of a vehicle at a local park. Prosecutor Stephen Maxwell pointed out a photo of him with one leg hanging out of a car window and a bottle between his legs.

Kansas law treats fourth and subsequent DUI convictions the same, with a maximum sentence of a year in jail.