STATE OF MISSOURI v. DENISE MARGARET LAFFERTY

In Division STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Appellant, ) ) No. SD38750 vs. ) ) FILED: May 29, 2025 DENISE MARGARET LAFFERTY, ) ) Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF TANEY COUNTY Honorable Jeffrey M. Merrell, Judge AFFIRMED This is an interlocutory appeal by the State from the circuit court’s order sustaining a motion by Denise Margaret Lafferty (“Lafferty”) to suppress evidence in a criminal case. See section 547.200.1(3) (permitting such an appeal). 1 The State contends that the circuit court’s order of suppression was erroneous because the warrantless “Terry search of [Lafferty] was not…