See N.C. v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970). See also In re K.N.H., 278 N.C.App. 27, 2021-NCCOA-267, ¶4 ("the State filed three additional petitions against K.N.H. alleging attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, minor in possession of a handgun, and assault by pointing a gun.... At the hearing, the offense of robbery with a dangerous weapon was amended to the offense of attempted common law robbery pursuant to K.N.H.'s Alford plea[.] K.N.H. admitted to the offense of possessing a handgun, and the State dismissed the remaining charge.")

While Defendant has been released from custody, he remains on post-release supervision; thus, his sentence has not yet been completed, and the issue is not moot. SeeIn re K.N.H. , 278 N.C. App. 27, 37, 2021-NCCOA-267, ¶ 37 (stating "a [defendant]’s appeal from a disposition and commitment order would not become moot where the [defendant] served his sentence but faced a possibility of ‘adverse consequence flowing from a judgment,’ such as post-release supervision.