ORLANDO, Florida -- The former head drum major of FAMU's marching band has been sentenced to probation in the hazing death of Robert Champion.
Jonathan Boyce, 26, the student leader of the Florida A&M University band when Champion died, pleaded no contest Friday to felony hazing as part of an agreement with prosecutors who dropped a companion charge of manslaughter in the fatal hazing.
Another ex-band-member, Jessie Baskin, 22, is expected to change his not-guilty plea today.
Boyce, who was hazed on the bus years ago, was ordered to serve a five-year term of probation by Circuit Judge Marc Lubet.
The judge agreed to withhold adjudication, which spares the drum major a criminal conviction. Boyce was characterized by prosecutors as a "helper" in the ritual.
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