Title: State v. Kruchek
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: S46175
State: Oregon
Issuer: Oregon Supreme Court
Date: March 8, 2001

FILED:  March 8, 2001
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON

STATE OF OREGON,
		Petitioner on Review,
	v.
WILLIAM D. KRUCHEK,
	Respondent on Review.
(CC 95-12-39452; CA A92706; SC S46175)

	On review from the Court of Appeals.*
	Argued and submitted May 11, 2000.
	Robert B. Rocklin, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued
the cause for petitioner on review.  Kaye McDonald Sunderland, Assistant Attorney General, filed the petition. With her on  the petition were
Hardy Myers, Attorney General, Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor
General.
	Peter Gartlan, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued
the cause for respondent on review.  With him on the briefs was
David E. Groom, Public Defender.
	Before Carson, Chief Justice, and Gillette, Durham, and
Leeson, Justices.**  
	MEMORANDUM OPINION
	The decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed by an
equally divided court.
	*Appeal from Multnomah County Circuit Court, Marshall Amiton, Judge. 156 Or App 617, 969 P2d 386 (1998).
    **Van Hoomissen, J., retired December 31, 2000, and did not
participate in the decision of this case; Kulongoski, Riggs, and
De Muniz, JJ., did not participate in the consideration or
decision of this case.