SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ( WAND ) - The Illinois Supreme Court has said an appeal by the former sheriff’s deputy found guilty of killing Sonya Massey is now moot, following his conviction last month .

Grayson had appealed a decision by a lower court that denied him pre-trial release.

The court, in an unsigned opinion filed Thursday , cited prior case law: “An appeal is moot if ‘no actual controversy exists or if events have occurred that make it impossible for the reviewing court to grant the complaining party effectual relief.’”

Grayson was indicted in July 2024 by a grand jury on three counts of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated battery with a firearm, and one count of official misconduct. The State filed a petition to have him denied pretrial release. The circuit court of S

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