State v. Sorrow

CALABRIA, Judge.

Dorsey Todd Sorrow (“defendant”) appeals a judgment entered upon the trial court’s revocation of his probation and activating his suspended sentence. Because the trial court failed to comply with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1242, we vacate and remand for a new probation revocation hearing.

T. BACKGROUND

On 8 May 2008, defendant pled guilty to malicious conduct- by a prisoner and resisting a public officer. The trial court consolidated the offenses for judgment and sentenced defendant to a minimum term of twenty months to a maximum term of twenty-four months in the custody of the North…