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Chris Brown sentenced to one year for probation violation

Brown has already spent a couple of months in jail and more than three months in a rehab program and will be given 234 days of credit for time served

By Richard Winton
LA Times

WASHINGTON — Singer Chris Brown on Friday admitted to violating his probation by committing a crime in the Washington, D.C., area and was promptly sentenced to a year in county jail by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge.

Brown has already spent a couple of months in jail and more than three months in a rehab program and will be given 234 days of credit for time served.

Mark Geragos, Brown’s attorney, said the singer could get an early release by the weekend because he has served 234 of the 365 days.

Full story: Chris Brown admits violating probation, gets 1 year in L.A. County Jail