State of Missouri v. Kraig J. Walker

The State brings this interlocutory appeal, challenging the.trial court’s grant of Kraig J. Walker’s (“Walker”) motion to suppress physical evidence relating to possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. The State argues that the trial court erred in granting Walker’s motion to suppress the evidence because the search of Walker’s vehicle was justified under the “automobile exception” to the warrant requirement. The trial court found that the evidence should be suppressed under its analysis of the “search incident to arrest” warrant exception. However, because the State…