State v. Matchell

GLENN A. NORTON, Judge.

The State of Missouri appeals the judgment granting Ann Matchell’s pretrial motion to suppress evidence. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

At a hearing on a motion to suppress, the State bears the burden of showing by a preponderance of the evidence that the motion to suppress should be denied. State v. Olson, 972 S.W.2d 359, 360 (Mo.App. E.D.1998). We will reverse only if the trial court’s judgment is clearly erroneous. Id. If the trial court’s ruling is plausible in light of the record viewed in its entirety, we will not reverse the ruling even if convinced that had we been…