In In re Law (1973) 10 Cal.3d 21, the petitioner was on parole, having been convicted of forgery. The petitioner was arrested for committing grand theft auto while on parole. (Ibid.) The petitioner was placed on a parole hold, and argued he had a right to be released on bail from the parole hold. (Ibid.) Before the petitioner's appeal was heard, he was convicted, and the prison authority revoked his parole on the forgery conviction. (Id. at p. 24.) The Supreme Court concluded that although the petitioner's contention was moot, it raised an issue of broad public interest that was likely to recur, and it therefore heard the case. (Id. at pp. 23-24.)