Sotelo, Criselda Ann

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• concluding that, where a count is vacated for sentencing purposes, the defendant is not convicted on that count, and a challenge to the sufficiency of evidence to support that count is moot
• explaining that a defendant is not “convicted” on counts that are vacated or that merge with other offenses for sentencing purposes, and challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence to support those non-existent convictions are moot
• defendant’s claims about sufficiency of evidence were moot for crimes that were vacated or that merged
• defendant’s claims about sufficiency of evidence were moot for crimes that were vacated by operation of law or that merged with murder
• defendant’s claims about sufficiency of evidence were moot for crimes that were vacated or that mergedr
• a defendant is not “convicted” on counts that are vacated or that merge with other offenses for sentencing purposes, and challenges to the sufficiency of evidence to support those non-existent convictions are moot

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).