People v. Best CA2/4

DISCUSSION

“As a general rule, ‘“‘the duty of this court, as of every other judicial tribunal, is to decide actual controversies by a judgment which can be carried into effect, and not to give opinions upon moot questions or abstract propositions, or to declare principles or rules of law which cannot affect the

The reason as to why the People were unable to proceed with the petition to revoke defendant’s supervision is not in the appellate record. The terms and conditions of defendant’s PRCS are not included in the appellate record. 3 matter in issue in the case before it.’”’ (Eye Dog Foundation v. State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind (1967) 67 Cal.2d 536, 541.) Thus, an ‘“action that originally was based on a justiciable controversy cannot be maintained on appeal if all the questions have become moot by subsequent acts or events.”’ (Building a Better Redondo, Inc. v. City of Redondo Beach (2012) 203 Cal.App.4th 852, 866; see also Giles v. Horn (2002) 100 Cal.App.4th 206, 226– 227.) Put another way, ‘“[a]n appeal should be dismissed as moot when the occurrence of events renders it impossible for the appellate court to grant appellant any effective relief.”’…