Swida v. State

We have for review Swida v. State, 589 So.2d 1037, 1037 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), in which the First District Court of Appeal certified the following question of great public importance:

WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL SEEKING REVIEW OF AN ORDER OF INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THAT COMMITMENT PRIOR TO DISPOSITION OF THE APPEAL ON THE MERITS, WHAT SHOWING MUST SHE MAKE *671TO AVOID DISMISSAL OF THE APPEAL ON GROUNDS OF MOOTNESS?

In Godwin v. State, 593 So.2d 211 (Fla.1992), we addressed this same issue, however, we restated the question to read as follows:

Does an appeal from a civil commitment order…