State v. Seagraves

Pee Cueiam.

Upon a hearing to determine whether or not probation should be revoked, and a sentence previously suspended should be activated, all that is required is that the evidence be such as reasonably to satisfy the judge, in the exercise of his sound discretion, that the defendant has violated a valid condition upon which the sentence was so suspended. State v. Coffey, 255 N.C. 293, 121 S.E. 2d 736; State v. Robinson, 248 N.C. 282, 103 S.E. 2d 376; State v. Millner, 240 N.C. 602, 83 S.E. 2d 546. However, the burden of proof is upon the State to show that the defendant has violated one of…