Despite his latest brush with the law, Virginia sophomore quarterback Peter Lalich will play for the Cavaliers today.

UVa spokesman Jim Daves said Friday that Lalich will play in the 3:45 p.m. game against Richmond.

Lalich, 20, was charged Thursday with a violation of his probation on a July charge for underage possession of alcohol. He will appear in Charlottesville General District Court on Sept. 26 on the probation violation charge.

The Charlottesville Daily Progress reported that court documents show Lalich admitted to court officials on Aug. 26 that he used marijuana and alcohol while on his supervised probation.

The voluntary admission occurred during a regular probation interview with officials from the office of Offender Aid and Restoration/Virginia Alcohol Safety Program, the newspaper reported.

The newspaper reported that, according to the documents, Lalich was unable to provide a suitable urine sample for drug testing on Aug. 26. The following day, he returned to the office and provided a sample that proved negative for alcohol and drugs, the newspaper reported.

A reporter from another Virginia newspaper asked to view the documents later in the day, but was told they had been sealed.

Lalich is on probation because he was charged on July 13 with unlawful alcoholic purchase and possession, a misdemeanor. He was in Charlottesville General District Court on July 21 on that charge.

That case was continued until July 21, 2009, at which point charges were to be dropped if there was no recurrence. Lalich's reported Aug. 26 admission calls into question of how that original charge will be handled.

Court records show that Lalich's punishment for the first charge also included the suspension of his driver's license until next August, according to the Daily Progress.

Lalich threw for 155 yards in UVa's loss to Southern Cal last weekend.