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Brown, 20, faced charges of assaulting his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna, following a row earlier this year.
Under terms of the agreement, Brown will serve five years of probation and must serve 180 days in jail or the equivalent -- about 1,400 hours -- in "labor-oriented service," said Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office. He must also undergo a year-long domestic-violence counseling class, she said.
Brown's sentence is comparable to other felony sentences when the defendant has no previous record, she said.
"This is not an easy sentence," Gibbons said. He must check in with a probation officer every three months.
Brown had previously pleaded not guilty to felony counts of assault and making criminal threats in connection with an attack on Rihanna.
But under the plea deal, he pleaded guilty to one count of assault with the intent of doing great bodily injury in connection with the argument inside a rented Lamborghini on a Hollywood street in February.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/22/chris.brown.hearing/index.html?section=cnn_latest
