State v. Sanders

BRITT, Judge.

Defendant contends that he was not provided with proper notice of the hearing at which his probation was revoked, that evidence presented at time of hearing does not support the judgment, and that the court failed to make specific findings of fact as to his violation of the terms of the judgment placing him on probation.

In State v. Robinson, 248 N.C. 282, 103 S.E. 2d 376 (1958), our Supreme Court held that in order to activate a suspended sentence the trial court must find that the defendant has violated a valid condition of suspension and that such violation was without lawful…