State v. DIENSTBACH

OPINION

GEORGE W. DRAPER III, Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal filed by the State of Missouri pursuant to Section 547.200.1(3) RSMo (2000) 1 challenging the trial court’s judgment sustaining David W. Dienstbach’s (hereinafter, “Defendant”) motion to suppress. The State raises one point on appeal, arguing the trial court erred in sustaining the motion to suppress in that the Missouri State Highway Patrol (hereinafter, “the MHP”) trooper had jurisdiction and authority to make a traffic stop on a city street when he observed Defendant violating a state traffic law. We reverse and remand.

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