Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2013-06-05 00:42:42.183197+00
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                                     Docket No. 40136

STATE OF IDAHO,                                )     2013 Unpublished Opinion No. 416
                                               )
       Plaintiff-Respondent,                   )     Filed: March 27, 2013
                                               )
v.                                             )     Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
                                               )
DARYLE R. ANDERSON,                            )     THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
                                               )     OPINION AND SHALL NOT
       Defendant-Appellant.                    )     BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
                                               )

       Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Idaho,
       Boundary County. Hon. Benjamin R. Simpson, District Judge.

       Appeal from order revoking probation, dismissed.

       Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Brian R. Dickson, Deputy
       Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

       Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney
       General, Boise, for respondent.
                 ________________________________________________

                     Before GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge; GRATTON, Judge;
                                 and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM
       Daryle R. Anderson pled guilty to felony driving under the influence. I.C. §§ 18-4004C
and 18-8005(5).    The district court imposed a unified five-year sentence, with a two-year
determinate term, but retained jurisdiction. Following successful completion of his rider, the
district court suspended the sentence and placed Anderson on probation. Anderson violated the
terms of his probation. The district court revoked probation, imposed county jail time of 273
days, and granted Anderson credit for time served. Anderson appealed. Subsequently, while this
appeal was pending, Anderson completed his sentence and has been discharged from custody.
On appeal, Anderson does not challenge the district court’s decision to revoke probation and
acknowledges his appeal is now moot, but continues to assert that the district court erred in
ordering incarceration.

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       A case becomes moot when the issues presented are no longer live or the defendant lacks
a legally cognizable interest in the outcome. Murphy v. Hunt, 455 U.S. 478, 481 (1982);
Bradshaw v. State, 120 Idaho 429, 432, 816 P.2d 986, 989 (1991). Even where a question is
moot, there are three exceptions to the mootness doctrine: (1) when there is the possibility of
collateral legal consequences imposed on the person raising the issue; (2) when the challenged
conduct is likely to evade judicial review and thus is capable of repetition; and (3) when an
otherwise moot issue raises concerns of substantial public interest. State v. Barclay, 149 Idaho 6,
8, 232 P.3d 327, 329 (2010). The only relief Anderson has requested on appeal cannot be
granted because Anderson has served his term. Therefore, any judicial relief from this Court
would have no effect on either party. See id.
       Accordingly, Anderson’s appeal from the order revoking probation is dismissed.

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