State of Missouri v. Nicholas A. Barton

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc STATE OF MISSOURI, ) Opinion issued June 27, 2023 ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) No. SC99886 ) NICHOLAS A. BARTON, ) ) Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BUTLER COUNTY The Honorable Thomas Swindle, Judge The state appeals the circuit court’s order sustaining Barton’s motions to suppress evidence obtained after his warrantless felony arrest. The motions, filed in two separate cases in the circuit court, were identical in every respect. Each asserts his arrest violated the Fourth Amendment and article I, section 15 of the Missouri Constitution because the…