U.S. v. Gutierrez, 89-1950

Decision Date01 November 1990
Docket NumberNo. 89-1950,89-1950
Citation917 F.2d 379
PartiesUNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. David Victor GUTIERREZ, Appellee.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit

Appeal From the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.

Prior report: 8th Cir., 908 F.2d 349.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN, ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON, FAGG, BOWMAN, WOLLMAN, MAGILL and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

The judgment of the district court is affirmed by an equally divided court. Chief Judge Lay, Judges Heaney, McMillian, Arnold, and Beam voted to affirm. Judges John R. Gibson, Fagg, Bowman, Wollman, and Magill voted to reverse.

It is so ordered.

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