State v. Malone

JOHNSON, Justice.*

|,We granted this writ application to reexamine the jurisprudence of this State as stated in State v. Morris, 328 So.2d 65 (La.1976), relative to whether the satisfaction of a misdemeanor sentence by payment of the fine imposed renders subsequent appellate review of the conviction moot. For the following reasons, we find that the court of appeal correctly denied the defendant’s writ application on the basis that the case was moot.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The defendant, Justin Malone, was charged with the misdemeanor of simple battery, a violation of La. R.S. 14:35,…