STATE v. SPARKLING

No. WD 73737.

363 S.W.3d 46 (2011)

STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Clifton S. SPARKLING, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied January 31, 2012.

Application for Transfer Denied May 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Richardson , Cole County Prosecuting Attorney, Anji Gandhi and Sarah V. Hamilton , Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, Jefferson City, MO, for Appellant.

Margaret M. Johnston , Assistant State Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for Respondent.

Before Division II: MARK D. PFEIFFER, Presiding Judge, and JOSEPH M. ELLIS and VICTOR C. HOWARD, Judges.


MARK D. PFEIFFER, Presiding Judge.

Pursuant to section 547.200.1(3),1 the State of Missouri filed this interlocutory appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri ("trial court"), granting Clifton S. Sparkling's ("Sparkling") motion to suppress statements. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background2

On June 16, 2010, Barret Wolters, a detective with the Jefferson...

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