Chris Brown`s trial on assault charge delayed

Washington: Singer Chris Brown`s trial on an assault charge in Washington, which had been set for today, has been postponed until Wednesday.

A judge delayed it while attorneys work out issues over testimony from Brown`s bodyguard, who was convicted of assault in a separate trial.Both Brown and bodyguard Christopher Hollosy were arrested in October after a man accused them of punching him outside a Washington hotel. Hollosy told police that he punched the man after he tried to get on Brown`s tour bus. But the man says Brown and later Hollosy punched him after he tried to get in a photo Brown was taking with two women. Judge Patricia Wynn set Hollosy`s sentencing for June 25. Brown`s attorneys now want Hollosy to testify at the singer`s trial. Hollosy would be expected to say that he, not Brown, punched 20-year-old Parker Adams outside the W Hotel. But Hollosy`s lawyer Bernard Grimm told a judge he plans to appeal his client`s conviction. Unless prosecutors grant Hollosy immunity, testifying in Brown`s case could affect his appeal. Prosecutors haven`t said if they will grant Hollosy immunity, and waiting until his appeal is over could take a year, prosecutors have said previously. Brown`s attorney Mark Geragos said outside court that he wants to move forward. "I don`t think that there`s any doubt Chris Brown is not guilty," he said. But Geragos also said Hollosy`s testimony is crucial to Brown`s case. He said prosecutors have a "duty to fairly treat a defendant and to extend immunity in certain situations." "It`s going to be our argument that this is one of those situations," he said. Geragos said he expects Brown`s trial, when it does start, to last no longer than two days.