Opinion
No. 19-0731
09-27-2019
Copies to: Roberta J. Megel State Public Defender 300 W Broadway, Suite 125 Council Bluffs, IA 51501-9011 Jon J. Narmi 535 West Broadway, Suite 202 Council Bluffs, IA 51503 Mary Alissa Triick Anna Stoeffler Assistant Attorneys General Hoover State Office Building 1305 E. Walnut Street, 2nd Floor Des Moines, IA 50319 Eric D. Strovers Assistant Pottawattamie County Attorney 227 South Sixth Street Council Bluffs, IA 51501 Amanda Heims 523 - 6th Avenue Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Pottawattamie County No. JVJV020462
Pottawattamie County No. JVJV020463
Pottawattamie County No. JVJV020464
Pottawattamie County No. JVJV020548 ORDER
The court, Christensen, J., taking no part, being evenly divided, declares this case affirmed by operation of law. See Iowa Code § 602.4107 (2019).
Waterman, Mansfield, and McDonald, JJ., would affirm the judgment of the district court; Cady, C.J., and Wiggins and Appel, JJ., would reverse the judgment of the district court. See State v. Effler, 769 N.W.2d 880, 884 (Iowa 2009) ("[W]hen the supreme court is equally divided on an issue upon which the district court and court of appeals differ, the decision of the district court is affirmed by operation of law."). Copies to: Roberta J. Megel
State Public Defender
300 W Broadway, Suite 125
Council Bluffs, IA 51501-9011 Jon J. Narmi
535 West Broadway, Suite 202
Council Bluffs, IA 51503 Mary Alissa Triick
Anna Stoeffler
Assistant Attorneys General
Hoover State Office Building
1305 E. Walnut Street, 2nd Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319 Eric D. Strovers
Assistant Pottawattamie County Attorney
227 South Sixth Street
Council Bluffs, IA 51501 Amanda Heims
523 - 6th Avenue
Council Bluffs, IA 51503