State v. Green

MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant contends that the court erred in hearing testimony by defendant’s probation officer concerning defendant’s admitted use of heroin without first conducting a voir dire examination to ascertain whether the defendant’s constitutional rights had been abridged. “The Sixth Amendment, which guarantees to the accused ‘in all criminal prosecutions’ a speedy and public trial ‘by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed,’ is inapposite here.” State v. Braswell, 283 N.C. 332, 196 S.E. 2d 185 (1973). Defendant’s contention in the…