Carrillo v. State

I concur in the judgment rendered, but I disagree with one of the Court’s major holdings.

Three events are suggested in the majority opinion as a possible basis for holding this case moot. They are: (1) entry of the trial court’s judgment, while this appeal was pending, vacating the original judgment of conviction; (2) attainment by Carrillo of age 17 while the appeal was pending; and (3) complete satisfaction by Carrillo, pending the appeal, of the sentence imposed upon him by the trial court. The majority has held that the case is not rendered moot by any of the three events. I agree that…