Legal Opinion
State v. Hensley
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 22, 1989No. 16049PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREENE, Judge.
The State appeals from the trial court’s order sustaining the motion of defendant, John Edward Hensley, to suppress items taken by state highway patrolmen from the person of Hensley and his companion, Jeffrey Weber, and from the vehicle in which the two men were sitting, which items the State intended to use in its prosecution of Hensley on a criminal charge of felony possession of cocaine. We affirm.
The burden of showing erroneous action on the part of the trial court is on the appellant. Error must be affirmatively shown, or appear by necessary implication. Conjecture and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by19 opinions
- State v. RamiresMissouri Court of Appeals · 2004
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- State v. BrooksMissouri Court of Appeals · 2006
- State v. KempaMissouri Court of Appeals · 2007
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