State v. Puckett

The defendant, Rachel Puckett, was charged by information with possession of anhydrous ammonia in a nonapproved container, section 578.154 RSMo. Supp.2001. The defendant filed a motion to suppress evidence, which the trial court sustained. However, nowhere in the motion to suppress is there any claim that the police illegally obtained the evidence sought to be excluded, and the trial court’s order is premised on the defendant’s claim that she was entitled to exclusion of the evidence based on a statute regulating the handling of such evidence. 1 The State has filed an appeal, claiming that it…