Court Opinion

ID: 9749251
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 16:29:57.151139+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:45.574974
License: Public Domain

CUNNINGHAM, J.,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent and would dismiss the appeal as moot.
*441The majority correctly notes that this case is not moot because Appellant is on parole, which is a sufficient restraint for jurisdiction. However, the issue before us is moot as to the relief being afforded. The majority deems the revocation hearing deficient. However, Appellant has been paroled from the sentence the court imposed. Now he will be subject to a new revocation hearing. His previous probation could be properly revoked and he could be sent back to the penitentiary. Or Appellant could have his probation extended with more onerous conditions, including incarceration in the county jail for up to six months. Such a development would also create a clash of supervisory jurisdictions — the parole board and the court. It becomes a procedural quagmire. The only solution is to dismiss the appeal as moot. If Appellant’s parole is violated, then he can once again attack the validity of the revocation proceedings through either RCr 11.42 or CR 60.02.