Legal Opinion

Bush v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 18, 2013No. 2D11-2531PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Joseph Bush appeals “judgments” and sentences that were entered on revocations of his probation in two cases. We dismiss *1109this appeal as moot because Mr. Bush has fully served his sentences. We write to discuss the difficulty of providing meaningful relief in appeals from short sentences and to identify a significant problem with the standard forms that were used to revoke probation in these two cases from Pasco County.

In 2009, Mr. Bush was on probation in case numbers 04-00131-CFAWS and 05-00577-CFAWS when an affidavit of violation was filed in each case. Following an…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dolinger v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  2. Dawkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
  3. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Pierce v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  2. Hugan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
  3. ANDREW L. WILSON, III v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  4. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  5. Mitchell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015

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