State v. Sawyer

MORRIS, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the court’s allowing the probation officer to testify that when he went to defendant’s residence he “was informed” that defendant no longer lived there, and that he “received information” that defendant was living with a juvenile. He also contends that the court expressed an opinion as to the credibility of probationer before the conclusion of the hearing. At the conclusion of defendant’s testimony, the court stated “It is difficult for me to believe that a Probation Officer would state or make such remarks to a probationer.”

During the course of the…