On November 14, 2013, we issued an opinion in which we concluded that the trial court sentenced defendant based on an erroneously inflated criminal history score for one of his convictions, and we reversed and remanded for resentencing. State v. Burns,
The state now moves to dismiss the appeal and petitions for reconsideration. In its motion to dismiss, the state argues that the trial court’s use of an erroneous criminal history score to sentence defendant on one of the convictions no longer has a practical effect on defendant’s rights and, therefore, the appeal has become moot. We agree that any further action on appeal would have no practical effect on defendant now that he has completed his probation, and we grant the motion and dismiss the appeal because it is now moot.
Simultaneously, the state filed a motion for relief from default and extension of time to file a petition for reconsideration in which the state proposed to again argue that the appeal is moot. The state explained that its time for filing a petition lapsed because it did not intend to seek reconsideration and instead, while preparing a petition for review in the Supreme Court, discovered that defendant had completed probation. We allowed the late filing of the petition for reconsideration. However, we now deny the state’s petition as moot in light of the granting of the state’s motion to dismiss and our consequent dismissal of the appeal.
Motion to dismiss appeal granted and petition for reconsideration denied. Appeal dismissed as moot.
