State v. Cullen

OPINION

Opinion by CATHERINE STONE, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal brought by the State, we are asked to hold that the State is effectively denied its right to appeal a pre-trial order granting a defendant’s motion to suppress if the trial court refuses the State’s request for findings of fact and conclusions of law following its ruling. The State contends that in the absence of findings and conclusions, the trial court’s ruling is insulated from meaningful review, thereby undermining the legislative grant of the State’s right to appeal an adverse ruling on a suppression motion. Because…