State v. Wilson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that absolute discharge of sentence moots challenge to work release revocation
• finding appeal from denial of postconviction relief application based on challenge to parole revocation was moot because applicant had discharged his sentence
• finding challenge to propriety of work release revocation moot since defendant completed his one-year jail term and was released
• finding challenge to propriety of work release revocation moot since defendant completed his one-year jail term and was released
• noting in a moot action, “a judgment, if rendered, will have no practical legal effect upon the existing controversy”
• noting an action is moot if it no longer presents a justiciable controversy because the issues involved have become academic or nonexistent.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Neylan v. Moser
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-02-18· cited 47×
• Rush v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1983-04-20· cited 37×
• Rhiner v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2005-08-26· cited 36×
• State v. Beyer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-10-19· cited 25×
• State Ex Rel. Turner v. Buechele
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1975-12-17· cited 24×
• Maxwell v. State
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1978-01-16· cited 11×
• Investigation of the Highway Construction Industry v. Bartholow
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1985-08-21· cited 9×
• State v. Hartford
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1985-04-04· cited 9×
• Stankiewicz v. Estate of Albert LaRose
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-03-17· cited 9×
• Rodine v. Zoning Board of Adjustment
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1988-10-20· cited 8×
• In Re Marriage of Aronow
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1991-11-26· cited 8×
• Watkins v. Class
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1997-06-25· cited 7×
• City of Dubuque v. Public Employment Relations Board
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1983-10-19· cited 7×
• State of Iowa v. Douglas Edwin Kurtz
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-03-12
• State of Iowa v. Ralph Cottrell
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-12-24
• Kelvin L. Scott, Applicant-Appellant v. State of Iowa
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2016-04-06
• State of Iowa v. Diez Andre Moore
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2016-06-15
• State of Iowa v. Michelle Lynne Risius
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2016-08-31
• State of Iowa v. William C. Colvin Jr.
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2017-03-08
• State of Iowa v. Dalon Lamont Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2017-06-21

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• North Carolina v. Rice
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-14· cited 1,338×
• People v. Murrell
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1975-03-24· cited 115×
• Board of Directors of Independent School District v. Green
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1967-01-10· cited 52×
• Danner v. Hass
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1965-04-06· cited 52×
• People v. Shambley
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1954-10-25· cited 45×
• Nitta v. Kuda
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1958-04-09· cited 23×
• People v. Beathea
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1974-11-26· cited 15×