Chris Brown has received an “extremely favorable” report from probation officials overseeing his felony assault case, a judge said yesterday.

Brown appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom to offer a judge his first progress report since being sentenced for beating ex-galpal Rihanna earlier this year. The r & b singer is serving five years of probation and must attend domestic violence counseling and perform six months of community labor in Virginia. Brown’s attorney, Mark Geragos, says Brown has already done 100 hours of community labor in Richmond, Va.