Hampton v. State

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

Was a probation violator entitled to notice from either the court or his attorney about his right to appeal the violation finding? If so, was the violator entitled to post-conviction relief (PCR) based upon the failure to provide him with such notice? Even assuming that the violator's attorney should have notified him about his right to appeal from the order revoking his probation, the violator, we hold, was not entitled to post-conviction relief because he suffered no prejudice from this lack of notice.

This is the probation violator’s appeal from the Superior Court’s…