State v. Hall

WYNN, Judge.

Under State v. Camp, 299 N.C. 524, 528, 263 S.E.2d 592, 594-95 (1980), to revoke a defendant’s probation after the period of probation has expired, the trial court must find “that the State had ‘made reasonable effort... to conduct the hearing earlier.’ ” (citing N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1344(f)) 1 . In this case, although defendant’s probation period ended on 17 May 2002, the trial court conducted a hearing on 19 August 2002 — after the expiration of defendant’s period of probation and suspension. Because the record shows that the trial court did not make any findings (nor is there…