Recycling Probation Violations
Can a court respond to the same offending behavior by a probationer more than once?
January 19, 2017
Can a court respond to the same offending behavior by a probationer more than once?
August 24, 2016
Probation violations need not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. All that’s required is sufficient evidence to “reasonably satisfy” the judge that a violation occurred. What constitutes competent evidence of a […]
August 4, 2016
State v. Hancock, decided this week by the court of appeals, sheds new light on violations of the commit no criminal offense probation condition involving a pending charge.
July 20, 2016
Prior posts looked at the new probation condition requiring a waiver of extradition and the new, new rules for jail credit for CRV. Today’s post covers the rest of this […]
July 14, 2016
A legislative session wouldn’t be complete without a new jail credit rule for confinement in response to violation (CRV).
June 9, 2016
Today’s post gives my best answers to a few frequently asked questions about appeals of probation violation hearings.
June 1, 2016
There aren’t very many federal cases about North Carolina probation. When we get one, I’m inclined to write about it. In Jones v. Chandrasuwan, __ F.3d __ (4th Cir. 2016), […]
March 17, 2016
Can a probationer be revoked for a violation of the “commit no criminal offense” probation condition if the violation report alleges only that the person has been charged with a crime?
August 13, 2015
Come December 1, dips will be the new dunks for Structured Sentencing misdemeanants.