In this task, you will be shown a sentence, and you should determine whether it is overruling or non-overruling. In law, an overruling sentence is a statement that nullifies a previous case decision as a precedent by a constitutionally valid statute or a decision by the same or higher ranking court which establishes a different rule on the point of law involved. Classify your answers into overruling or non-overruling
Q: 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).
A:
non-overruling