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053117P.pdf   06/30/2006  United States  v.  Louis Black Lance
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-3117
   District of South Dakota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Lay and Smith, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law. The district court's mid-trial order
   dismissing the case with prejudice was in effect an acquittal, and 18
   U.S.C. Sec. 3731 precludes an appeal by the government.