State v. Riewe

OPINION

McCORMICK, P.J., and MEYERS, MANSFIELD, PRICE, HOLLAND, and JOHNSON, J.J., joined.

The trial court granted Susan Riewe’s motion to suppress, and the State appealed. Its notice of appeal did not certify that the appeal was not taken for the purposes of delay and that the evidence suppressed was of substantial importance in the case, as required by statute. The State later filed an amended notice of appeal containing the certifications. We must consider whether the lack of timely certifications deprived the court of appeals of jurisdiction over the case, and if so, whether the amended…