Justice ZWICK delivered the opinion of the court:
These five criminal cases share a common procedural element. In all, the defendants died during the pendency of their appeals. Subsequently, counsel who had represented the defendants brought independent motions seeking to dismiss the appeals and to vacate the convictions, arguing that the cases had become moot upon their clients' deaths. The State agreed that the appeals were moot and that the appellate proceedings...
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