Tag: Probation
Posted on Tue Sep 25, 2012 at 12:18:58 PM EST
Tags: Chris Brown, Probation (all tags)
Singer Chris Brown is on 5 years of supervised probation for his felony plea to assault stemming from a 2009 incident in which he hit his then-girlfriend Rhianna. His probation was transferred under the Interstate Compact Act to Virginia where he lives. Virginia filed a petition to revoke his probation, recommending that the judge then reimpose probation with added terms.
Yesterday, a hearing was held. While there are multiple media headlines that he violated probation because he used marijuana, that is misleading.
The terms of his California probation did not require drug testing or prohibit him from using marijuana. Brown has a medicinal marijuana license in California. He smoked marijuana in California and then traveled to Virginia. [More...]
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