State v. Brashers

pThe State of Arkansas appeals an order of the Independence County Circuit Court granting a motion to suppress in favor of appellee Christopher Brashers. For reversal, the State argues that the circuit court erred as a matter of law in interpreting Michigan v. Tyler, 436 U.S. 499, 98 S.Ct. 1942, 56 L.Ed.2d 486 (1978), by resolving the issue of a warrantless search using agency principles and in ruling that insurance investigators acted as agents of a law-enforcement agency. We hold that this court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction because the circuit court’s order was a mixed question of law…