BUTCH ALLEN LYNN
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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An appeal challenging the legality of a sentence or seeking jail credit is dismissed as moot when the appellant completes the sentence during the pendency of the appeal.
[1] An appeal challenging the legality of a sentence or seeking jail credit becomes moot and may be dismissed when the appellant completes the sentence during the pendency of…
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Court's rationale for dismissal, citing Toomer v. State, 895 So. 2d 1256, 1256-57 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)
Butch Allen Lynn appealed from a circuit court sentence imposed in Escambia County. Lynn completed his sentence while the appeal was pending.…
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
BUTCH ALLEN LYNN, Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 1D2025-2860
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Jennie Kinsey, Judge.
May 20, 2026
PER CURIAM.
DISMISSED. See Toomer v. State, 895 So. 2d 1256, 1256-57 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005) (“Where one is challenging the legality of his sentence or seeking jail credit against that sentence, and he completes the sentence during the pendency of the appeal, the appeal may be dismissed as moot.”).
ROBERTS, LONG, and NEFF, JJ., concur.