Opinion
No. 17-1909
05-08-2020
STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, v. LORI DEE MATHES, Appellant.
Copies to: Rees Conrad Douglas The Benson Building 705 Douglas Street, Suite 323 Sioux City, IA 51101 Kevin Cmelik Martha E. Trout Assistant Attorneys General Criminal Appeals Division Second Floor, Hoover Building Des Moines, IA 50319 Rita N. Bettis Austen ACLU of Iowa 505 Fifth Avenue, Suite 901 Des Moines, IA 50306 Lisa Ann Foster 1701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20006 Alexander Vincent Kornya Iowa Legal Aid 1111 - 9th Street, Suite 230 Des Moines, IA 50309 Martha J. Lucey State Appellate Defender 4th Floor, Lucas Building 321 E. 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Alan R. Ostergren Muscatine County Attorney Muscatine, IA 52761
Monona County No. SRCR016184
The court, McDermott, J., taking no part, being evenly divided, declares this case affirmed by operation of law. See Iowa Code § 602.4107 (2020).
Christensen, C.J., and Waterman and Mansfield, JJ., would affirm the court of appeals decision dismissing the appeal from the district court order assessing court costs; Appel, McDonald, and Oxley, JJ., would vacate the court of appeals decision and vacate the district court's cost award. "When the supreme court is equally divided on an issue . . . , the decision of the district court is affirmed by operation of law." State v. Effler, 769 N.W.2d 880, 884 (Iowa 2009). Copies to: Rees Conrad Douglas
The Benson Building
705 Douglas Street, Suite 323
Sioux City, IA 51101 Kevin Cmelik
Martha E. Trout
Assistant Attorneys General
Criminal Appeals Division
Second Floor, Hoover Building
Des Moines, IA 50319 Rita N. Bettis Austen
ACLU of Iowa
505 Fifth Avenue, Suite 901
Des Moines, IA 50306 Lisa Ann Foster
1701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20006 Alexander Vincent Kornya
Iowa Legal Aid
1111 - 9th Street, Suite 230
Des Moines, IA 50309 Martha J. Lucey
State Appellate Defender
4th Floor, Lucas Building
321 E. 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319 Alan R. Ostergren
Muscatine County Attorney
Muscatine, IA 52761
So Ordered
/s/_________
Susan Christensen, Chief Justice