STATE v. BURNETT

No. WD 67439.

230 S.W.3d 15 (2007)

STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Janice M. BURNETT, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

July 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Andrews Fisher, Asst. Prosecuting Atty., St. Joseph, for appellant.

Christopher Patrick Belts, St. Joseph, for respondent.

Before PAUL M. SPINDEN, P.J., PATRICIA A. BRECKENRIDGE, and JAMES M. SMART, JR., JJ.


JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal based on a motion to suppress that the motion court granted. The State contends that the motion court erred in granting the motion to suppress, because there were exigent circumstances that existed to justify the warrantless entry of the defendant's home. Finding error in the motion court's ruling, we reverse.

Background

The relevant facts are not in dispute. On January 24, 2006, at approximately...

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