Bush v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
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…
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