e-Journal Summary

e-Journal Number : 86582
Opinion Date : 09/28/2026
e-Journal Date : 10/13/2026
Court : Michigan Court of Appeals
Case Name : People v. Silva
Practice Area(s) : Criminal Law
Judge(s) : Per Curiam – Mariani, Feeney, and Trebilcock
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Issues:

Challenge to a probation condition; Mootness; People v Anderson

Summary

Holding that defendant’s challenge to a probation condition he was no longer subject to was moot, the court dismissed his appeal. The condition at issue restricted his contact with his two minor children. He acknowledged “that contact with his children was subsequently restored and that there is no practical relief” the court could now offer him. It noted that in Anderson, it deemed moot a “defendant’s challenge to a probation condition that he was no longer subject to[.]”

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