MIAMI — A judge withdrew an arrest warrant for O.J. Simpson after his attorney appeared in court Wednesday on a charge that the former football star sped through a manatee zone in a power boat.

Judge Ana Maria Pando had issued a bench warrant for Simpson after he and his attorney missed a court hearing earlier in the day. The warrant meant Simpson could have been arrested if he were stopped by police.

Defense attorney Yale Galanter said he didn't attend the first hearing because of a notification mix-up.

Pando rescheduled the hearing for Nov. 22, said Ed Griffith, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade state attorney's office.

Simpson was deciding whether to pay the $65 fine stemming from a July 4 outing on Biscayne Bay, Galanter said. The second-degree misdemeanor charge of failure to pay a citation would be dropped if Simpson paid the fine, Griffith said.

Simpson chose to plead innocent in September instead of paying the fine. He was ticketed for creating a wake in a manatee zone near downtown Miami, the equivalent of a speeding ticket.