State v. King

MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant contends the court erred in revoking his probation based upon the unsigned, unverified violation report of the probation officer and cites as authority State v. Thomas, 236 N.C. 196, 72 S.E. 2d 525 (1952). In Thomas, the probation revocation was based solely upon the defendant’s plea of nolo contendere to charges amounting to a violation of the condition of his probation judgment, evidence of this plea appearing in the unverified report of the probation officer. Neither the defendant nor the probation officer presented other evidence at the hearing. The Court held that…