· 11/28/1977
Galbraith v. City of Columbus
Citations
- 434 U.S. 973
- 98 S. Ct. 528
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the defendant’s unconditional release from custody mooted his challenge to his allegedly erroneous revocation of supervised release
- applying Spencer to a supervised release revocation and concluding that appeal from revocation judgment was moot upon appellant’s completion of his sentence
- absent proof of ongoing collateral consequences from revocation of supervised release, unconditional release from custody moots challenge to the revocation
- where collateral consequences not presumed, petitioner has burden to show he faces them
- extending Spencer mootness standard to revocations of supervised release
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