FRANK JONES

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By (40 total)

• Godwin v. State, 593 So. 2d 211 (Fla. 1992)
  …second motion to dismiss, and answer the rephrased question certified by the First District Court of Appeal. An issue is moot when the controversy has been so fully resolved that a judicial determination can have no actual effect. Dehoff v. Imeson, 153 Fla. 553, 15 So. 2d 258 (1943). A case is “moot” when it presents no actual controversy or when the issues have ceased to exist. Black’s Law Dictionary 1008 (6th ed.1990). A moot case generally will be dismissed. Florida courts recognize at least three inst…
• Montgomery v. Dep't of Health & Rehabilitative Servs., 468 So. 2d 1014 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985)
  …o the appellate decision, an intervening event makes it impossible for the court to grant a party any effectual relief. 3 Fla.Jur.2d, Appellate Review, § 287, p. 337. Mootness can be raised by the appellate court on its own motion. DeHoff v. Imeson, 153 Fla. 553, 15 So. 2d 258 (1943); Barrs v. Peacock, 65 Fla. 12, 61 So. 118 (1913). The rule discouraging review of moot cases is derived from the requirement of the United States Constitution, Article III, under which the existence of judicial power depends up…
• State v. Kinner, 398 So. 2d 1360 (Fla. 1981)
  …urt will not determine a controversy where issues have become moot, unless the questions presented are of general public interest and importance, or unless such judgment as this Court might enter would affect the rights of parties. DeHoff v. Imeson, 153 Fla. 553, 15 So. 2d 258 (1943); Sarasota County v. Town of Longboat Key, 343 So. 2d 39 (Fla.1977). We feel that this case raises a question of great public importance, the resolution of which will affect a significant number of retarded citizens who are pres…