Supreme Court of North Carolina

State v. Jones

August 19, 2022

Summary

The court held that defendant failed to preserve both his constitutional and statutory confrontation claims arising from the admission of a suppression-hearing transcript at his probation revocation hearing. Because defendant did not object on confrontation grounds or request that the witness testify, the trial court was not required to make a good-cause finding before admitting the transcript, and the revocation was upheld. The Court modified and affirmed the Court of Appeals' decision.