State v. Stoebe

CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal by the State, pursuant to section 547.200.1(3),1 from the trial court’s order sustaining Tara Stoebe’s (“Stoebe”) motion to suppress evidence in a criminal case where Stoebe is charged with possession of a controlled substance. The State contends that the trial court erred because (1) Stoebe was not illegally seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment and gave consent to search her purse during the reasonable investigation of a traffic stop; and (2) regardless of the lawfulness of her seizure, the search of Stoebe’s purse did not…