PEOPLE OF MI V DONALD RAY FITCH
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
UNPUBLISHED
July 8, 2004
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
No. 246545
Hillsdale Circuit Court
LC No. 02-269480-FH
DONALD RAY FITCH,
Defendant-Appellant.
Before: Markey, P.J., and Wilder and Meter, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Defendant appeals by delayed leave granted his plea based conviction for failure to pay
child support, MCL 750.165. We affirm. This appeal is being decided without oral argument
pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).
On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court failed to articulate a substantial and
compelling reason for departing from the statutory sentencing guidelines, and that his sentence is
disproportionate. However, defendant has served his minimum sentence and he has been
paroled. Where a subsequent event renders it impossible for this Court to fashion a remedy, an
issue becomes moot. People v Tombs, 260 Mich App 201; ___ NW2d ___ (2003); People v
Rutherford, 208 Mich App 198, 204; 526 NW2d 620 (1994). We decline to review these issues.
Affirmed.
/s/ Jane E. Markey
/s/ Kurtis T. Wilder
/s/ Patrick M. Meter
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