Sentencing; Mootness; Collateral consequences

Because defendant had already fully served her sentence, the court found that her sentencing challenge on appeal was moot as it was impossible for it to fashion a remedy. After she failed to “successfully complete the terms of probation, the balance of her original sentence was not suspended and the [trial] court ordered her to serve the remaining 45 days of jail time.” On appeal, she argued “that the 45-day sentence was inappropriate and disproportionate.” But she had already served the sentence. The court noted that it generally refrains from deciding moot issues. While “there are exceptions where a party might remain affected by collateral legal consequences,” defendant did not identify any such consequences. Thus, it dismissed her appeal as moot.