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Facts

• The Defendant, Jacob Carroll, was appealing the district court's decision to revoke his probation. The appeal was based on alleged multiple violations of his right to due process and a contention that the petition to revoke his probation should have been dismissed due to violation of time limits set by Rule 5-805 NMRA. However, the Defendant has already completed his sentence at the time of this appeal (para 2).

Procedural History

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Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Argued that his right to due process was violated in several ways and that the petition to revoke his probation should have been dismissed for not adhering to the time limits prescribed in Rule 5-805 NMRA (para 1).
• Plaintiff-Appellee: The State's response to the Defendant's arguments regarding mootness is not directly addressed in the decision, implying either agreement with the mootness of the appeal or a strategic choice not to engage with these arguments (para 6).

Legal Issues

• Whether the Defendant's appeal of the probation revocation is moot due to the completion of his sentence and the absence of alleged collateral consequences (para 2).
• Whether the court should exercise its discretion to decide on the merits of the Defendant's appeal despite its mootness, under exceptions to the mootness doctrine (para 3).

Disposition

• The appeal was dismissed due to mootness, as the Defendant had completed his sentence and did not allege any collateral consequences that could be remedied by the court's ruling (para 5).

Reasons

• The decision was authored by Chief Judge Jennifer L. Attrep, with Judges Jacqueline R. Medina and Zachary A. Ives concurring. The court found the appeal to be moot because the Defendant had completed his sentence, and there were no collateral consequences presented that could be addressed by the court's intervention (para 2). Despite the Defendant's urging, the court declined to exercise its discretion to review the case under exceptions to the mootness doctrine, finding the Defendant's arguments on this point to be undeveloped and unsupported by authority (paras 3-4). The court emphasized that appellate courts generally do not decide moot cases and that the exceptions to this principle, such as issues of substantial public interest or cases capable of repetition yet evading review, did not apply in this instance due to the lack of a constitutional question, the impact on a fundamental right, or a broad impact on public interest (paras 3-4).