Jayko v. the State

Peterson, Judge.

Kara Jayko appeals a condition imposed on her sentence of ten years’ probation. She argues that the sentencing court’s prohibition on her ability to live with someone of the opposite sex for the duration of her probation violates her constitutional rights. But because it took ten years for her appeal to arrive at this Court, Jayko has already completed her sentence and is no longer subject to the challenged condition. Accordingly, she cannot benefit from any remedy we could offer on appeal, and we must grant the State’s motion to dismiss her appeal as moot.

In 2005, Jayko…