State v. Dykes

Opinion

MARY K. HOFF, Presiding Judge.

The State of Missouri files this interlocutory appeal, pursuant to Section 547.200.8, RSMo 2000, 1 resulting from the trial court’s order suppressing statements that Harold Dykes (Defendant) made to police following his arrest for felony stealing. The State argues the trial court erred in suppressing Defendant’s incriminating statements regarding an unrelated case because (1) the Assistant Circuit Attorney, who was a witness to the incriminating statements, and her mere presence at the suppression hearing, did not render the statements inadmissible, and…