State of Connecticut v. Jerzy G.

Summary

The court held that the defendant's appeal was not moot because the record established a reasonable possibility that termination of accelerated rehabilitation and the resulting arrest order would cause prejudicial collateral consequences if he sought to reenter the United States. The court distinguished the prior deportation-mootness decision by explaining that the defendant's deportation here was for overstaying his visa, imposed only a ten-year reentry bar, and did not permanently foreclose practical relief. The judgment dismissing the appeal was reversed and the case was remanded for consideration of the merits. Justice Espinosa, dissenting, would have held the appeal moot and alternatively would have upheld the trial court's termination of accelerated rehabilitation.