Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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we must first determine whether the issues presented are ripe for review. The State contends that Trujillo’s arguments regarding pretrial bail lack merit and may also be moot because the record demonstrates that a trial date had been set prior to-this court reaching the merits of Trujillo’s arguments. In his reply brief, Trujillo responds that on November 30, 2015, Trujillo pled guilty to aggravated assault, second-degree domestic báttery, and third-degree domestic battery and is in- the custody of the Arkansas Department, of Correction. .However, Trujillo urges us to address ¡the issues presented because his petition . falls within an exception to the mootness doctrine as an issue of substantial public interest. Accordingly, we must determine whether Trujillo’s case is moo 1989) ; Cain v. Carl-Lee, 171 Ark. 155, 283 S.W. 365
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that the bureau classification of petitioner as a sex offender was final where petitioners scheduled release was only weeks away
B. holding a substantial issue remained despite mootness as to whether conditions could  be imposed on a defendants release from state hospital when he was scheduled to stand trial
C. holding the statutory burden is on the defendant to prove he is incompetent to stand trial
D. holding that the state does not have to prove a defendants competency to stand trial
E. holding that the effect of witnesss refusal to testify was virtually the same as if he had not physically taken the witness stand and if he had not taken the stand his prior testimony could not be deemed inconsistent 
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.