State v. Hill

Opinion

SULLIVAN, J.

The issue presented in this case is whether the trial court properly found that the defendant, Harold Hill, had violated his probation and that his probation should be revoked, when the defendant claims that the violation was not wilful. The defendant argues that a probation violation must be wilful in order for the trial court to revoke probation. The state argues that there is no such wilfulness requirement, and that, in any event, the defendant’s probation violation was wilful. We agree with the state that the defendant’s conduct need not be wilful in order to constitute…