Opinion
A21D0336
06-02-2021
CONNIE PACK v. THE STATE.
The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:
Connie Pack has filed this application for discretionary appeal from the trial court's order revoking her probation. From the sparse materials included with the application, it appears that Pack was convicted of shoplifting, that her sentence included a period of probation, and that she started serving her probated sentence on May 15, 2020.
At a probation revocation hearing on April 6, 2021, the solicitor alleged that Pack violated the terms of her probation by failing to pay fees and restitution as ordered by the court, and recommended that the court revoke the 39-day balance of her probation. Pack admitted at the hearing that she had not paid as ordered, stating that she had been unable to do so. Upon finding that Pack violated the payment condition of her probation, the trial court revoked her probation, requiring her to serve the remainder of her sentence in jail - "until May 15, 2021," at which time "this case will terminate" - and ordering her placed in the immediate custody of the sheriff. Pack filed this application on May 6, 2021, seeking review of the order revoking her probation.
"When the remedy sought in litigation no longer benefits the party seeking it, the case is moot and must be dismissed." Jayko v. State, 335 Ga.App. 684, 685 (782 S.E.2d 788) (2016) (punctuation omitted). While "challenges to convictions brought after the expiration of a sentence may still afford meaningful relief for an appellant, . . . challenges brought only to sentence conditions cannot." Id. Pack's only challenge is to a sentence condition to which she is no longer subject. Because Pack's sentence has expired by the very terms of the order she seeks to appeal, and she has not shown on the record adverse collateral consequences flowing from the probation revocation, she has nothing to gain from the appeal. See id. Accordingly, her application for discretionary appeal must be dismissed as moot. See OCGA § 5-6-48 (b) (3); Jayko, 335 Ga.App. at 686; see also Miller v. State, 288 Ga. 153, 154 (702 S.E.2d 137) (2010) (vacating this Court's opinion affirming partial revocation of probation and concluding that the challenge to probation revocation was moot when the revocation was suspended and appellant had not shown adverse collateral consequences on the record).
The application for discretionary appeal is hereby DISMISSED.