David Andy Bridwell v. United States
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Opinion
United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________
No. 98-3668 ___________
David Andy Bridwell, * * Petitioner - Appellee, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the Western v. * District of Missouri * United States of America, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Respondent - Appellant. * ___________
Submitted: May 11, 1999 Filed: May 18, 1999 ___________
Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, BEAM and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. ___________
PER CURIAM.
David Andy Bridwell pled guilty to the use of firearms during and in relation to a drug offense in violation of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(c) and to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. Bridwell later petitioned under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to have his 924(c) conviction vacated and set aside based on Bailey v. United States, 516 U.S. 137 (1995). The district court denied relief because of the current circuit law. See Bousley v. Brooks, 97 F.3d 284 (8th Cir. 1996). Bridwell appealed, and the Supreme Court subsequently reversed Bousley. See Bousley v. United States, 523 U.S. 614, 118 S. Ct. 1604 (1998). Bridwell’s case subsequently returned to the district court which vacated Bridwell’s firearm conviction sua sponte. The government moved for reconsideration, and the district court denied it without a hearing.
Under Bousley the government was entitled to have the opportunity to present further evidence. See 118 S. Ct. at 1612 (“on remand, the Government should be permitted to present any admissible evidence of petitioner's guilt even if that evidence was not presented during petitioner's plea colloquy and would not normally have been offered before our decision in Bailey”). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
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CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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