State v. Hooker

Memorandum Decision

DAVIS, Judge:

T1 Mark Louis Hooker appeals the trial court's order revoking his probation and requiring him to serve ninety days in jail. We determine Hooker's appeal to be moot and, accordingly, dismiss it.

T2 "An appeal is moot if during the pen-dency of the appeal cireumstances change so that the controversy is eliminated, thereby rendering the relief requested impossible or of no legal effect." Richards v. Baum, 914 P.2d 719, 720 (Utah 1996) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). In this case, Hooker has already served the ninety-day sentence, he has been…