Task: Text Categorization
Input (English): inasmuch as the maximum term of the defendant's sentence expired during the pendency of this appeal, any issues which relate to the length of his sentence are academic (see people v velez, 116 ad3d 1077, 1077; people v gonzalez, 113 ad3d 792, 793; people v conklin, 46 ad3d 698, 698; people v ackridge, 31 ad3d 654, 655). under these circumstances, we need not reach the defendant's remaining contention that his appeal waiver was invalid (see people v bernard, 155 ad3d 1059, 1059; people v thomas, 139 ad3d 986, 986).
Output (English): non-overruling