( CNN ) -- Although Chris Brown faces just a misdemeanor charge , the singer has a lot riding on Monday 's assault trial in Washington . He could receive probation in the District of Columbia if found guilty , but a Los Angeles judge is waiting on the verdict before deciding whether Brown , 24 , will remain jailed in California . An acquittal would give Brown 's lawyer a chance to argue that he should be allowed to make his own way back to California for a probation hearing . Otherwise , he 'll have to go back the way he came to Washington -- on `` Con Air , '' the federal inmate transport system . Planes , chains and automobiles : Chris Brown 's miserable trip to trial . The singer 's trial is set to start immediately after D.C. Superior Judge Patricia Wynn announces her verdict in last week 's trial of Brown 's bodyguard , Christopher Hollosy , on the same charge . Wynn will also decide Brown 's case . Hollosy 's case was tried first so that he could freely testify in his boss 's defense about the sidewalk fight that landed them both in jail last October . He 's expected to say that he landed the punch that broke Parker Adams ' nose and that he did it because it was his job to protect Brown . Hollosy 's lawyer Bernard Grimm argued in the bodyguard 's trial that Adams , 20 , was `` simply trying to get rich '' by accusing Brown and Hollosy of assaulting him . Howard University student Jalen Garrison testified in the Hollosy trial that she and a friend were posing for photos on the sidewalk with Brown when Adams , who is her boyfriend , tried to snap his own photo with Brown . Brown got upset , telling Adams , `` I do n't like that gay s*** , '' Garrison testified . Brown lunged at Adams , hitting him the face , she testified . A limousine driver testified that he witnessed Brown and Hollosy hit Adams . The bodyguard pulled Brown away before throwing his own punch , he said . Adams did not hit back , he said . Adams , when asked to rate the power of Brown 's punch on a scale of one to 10 , scored it a six . Hollosy , he testified , packed a 10 . Adams , who said he earns about $ 200 a day working at a restaurant , acknowledged that he 's suing Brown , potentially seeking millions of dollars for the assault . The lawsuit was filed `` because family knew a lawyer in church and that justice should be served , '' he testified . Brown 's mother and aunts , who live in Virginia , along with his girlfriend Karrueche Tran and rapper Bow Wow were in court Friday expecting Brown 's trial to start . Wynn delayed it , however , saying she needed more time than expected to decide Hollosy 's case . Brown 's legal troubles began five years ago when he beat Rihanna as the two were in a rented Lamborghini on a Hollywood street . He pleaded guilty to felony assault in June 2009 , which resulted in a sentence of five years of probation and 1,400 hours of community `` labor-oriented service . '' Brown voluntarily entered a rehab program a day after being released from a Washington jail in October , but he was kicked out a few days later for `` throwing a rock through his mother 's car window '' after a family session at the center , a probation report said . Brown was upset because his mother said she wanted him to stay in treatment , the report said . Brown proceeded `` to walk outside and pick up a rock and threw it through his mother 's car window and it shattered , '' according to a letter from the rehab center included in the probation report . His probation was revoked in November , but the judge allowed him to stay out of jail by entering a 90-day anger management and drug rehab program . Although he completed that program last month , the judge ordered him to remain a resident at the Malibu , California , treatment facility until another hearing April 23 . Brown 's probation officer reported at a February hearing that the singer `` continues to make great improvement '' in dealing with anger , stress and drugs , but the judge decided he could not go free until after his trial for an assault charge in Washington on April 17 . If he is convicted in that case , the judge would decide at an April 23 hearing whether Brown should complete his probation in jail . He was sent to jail on March 14 after he was kicked out of the second rehab program for rules violations . The judge said he was concerned about a `` provocative '' statement counselors said Brown wrote on a card at the Malibu rehab center . `` I am good at using guns and knives , '' according to a document read in court . The rehab program told Brown to leave because of that statement and two other rules violations , the document said . Brown refused a drug test -- which his lawyer denied -- and he touched elbows with a female patient , according to the document . Brown had been working on a highway cleanup labor crew in Los Angeles three days a week to fulfill the 750 hours of service remaining in his probation requirements , his probation report said . At that rate , Brown could complete the labor in mid-October and possibly be free from probation requirements by the end of the year . With his community labor work now on hold , his probation is expected to extend into 2015 .
The D.C. verdict will impact Chris Brown 's jail time in Los Angeles . Brown 's trial to start after a judge announces her verdict in his bodyguard 's case . Comment: Brown 's Washington arrest caused his California probation to be revoked .