EARL J. RAY, JR.
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2023-11-09
No. 23-1457
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2023)

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Holding

An appeal becomes moot when circumstances change prior to appellate decision such that the court cannot grant any effectual relief.


Headnotes

[1] An appeal becomes moot when an intervening event prior to appellate decision renders it impossible for the appellate court to grant any effectual relief to the appellant.

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“A case becomes moot, for purposes of appeal, where, by a change of circumstances prior to the appellate decision, an intervening event makes it impossible for the court to grant a party any effectual relief.”

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Facts & Procedural History

Daniel Ray Sipe appealed a decision from the Bay County Circuit Court. The specific relief sought became impossible to obtain due to intervening event…

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Opinion of the Court

April 12, 2023 PER CURIAM.

DISMISSED as moot. See Carlin v. State, 939 So. 2d 245, 247 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) (“A case becomes moot, for purposes of appeal, where, by a change of circumstances prior to the appellate decision, an intervening event makes it impossible for the court to grant a party any effectual relief.” (Citation omitted)).

LEWIS, BILBREY, and KELSEY, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.


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