California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gordon, E068521 (Cal. App. 2019):
without practical effect, and the appeal will therefore be dismissed.'" (People v. Herrera (2006) 136 Cal.App.4th 1191, 1198; accord, People v. DeLeon (2017) 3 Cal.5th 640, 645 ["'"[W]hen, pending an appeal from the judgment of a lower court, and without any fault of the [opposing party], an event occurs which renders it impossible for this court, if it should decide the case in favor of [defendant], to grant him any effectual relief whatever, the court will not proceed to a formal judgment, but will dismiss the appeal"' as moot."].)
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