Does the Court of Appeal have any authority to render opinions "on moot questions or abstract propositions"?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Sorisho, D064170 (Cal. App. 2014):

accurately reflects this.⁵ " 'As a general rule, an appellate court only decides actual controversies. It is not the function of the appellate court to render opinions " ' " 'upon moot questions or abstract propositions, or . . . declare principles or rules of law which cannot affect the matter in issue in the case before it.' " ' " [Citation.] "[A] case becomes moot when a court ruling can have no practical effect or cannot provide the parties with effective relief." ' [Citation.]" (People v. Gregerson (2011) 202 Cal.App.4th 306, 321.)

The trial court's judgment is affirmed.

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