Judge delays sentencing for Brown

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has delayed sentencing R&B singer Chris Brown on an assault charge to seek more input from Virginia authorities about whether Brown could do community labor in that state.

Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg said at a hearing Wednesday she will sentence Brown on Aug. 27 in the beating of Rihanna, who did not attend the hearing.

With Brown in the courtroom, the judge met with a prosecutor and defense attorney briefly before Brown’s scheduled sentencing.

When she emerged, Judge Schnegg said Virginia had yet to say if it could accommodate her requirement that Brown serve community labor, rather than community service.

The Virginia Department of Corrections said earlier that it typically doesn’t consider whether to supervise a person on probation until after he is sentenced.

The 20-year-old Brown pleaded guilty in June to one count of felony assault stemming from the altercation with his then-girlfriend.

A plea deal calls for him to serve five years of probation and six months of community labor.