STATE OF MISSOURI v. COURTNEY K. THOMPSON, Defendant-Respondent.

In this case, the State appeals from a docket entry which the parties interpret as an order granting a motion to suppress evidence. However, the docket entry is so vague that it does not, in fact, have the substantive effect of suppressing evidence. Thus, we dismiss the appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

Factual and Procedural Background

On September 28, 2013, at about 2:30 in the morning^ Courtney K. Thompson (“Defendant”) was operating a passenger vehicle on Kansas Expressway in Springfield, Missouri. Officer Andrew Webb (“Officer Webb”) stopped Defendant’s vehicle, and ultimately…