State of Missouri v. Jeffrey Reuter

In the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District DIVISION FOUR STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ED109731 ) Respondent, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of ) St. Louis County v. ) 19SL-CR07249-01 ) JEFFREY REUTER, ) Honorable Steven R. Ohmer ) Appellant. ) Filed: October 26, 2021 The State of Missouri (State) appeals from the trial court’s suppression of Jeffrey Reuter’s (Defendant) statements to a crisis negotiator during a barricaded standoff with police and to detectives while en route to the police station. We reverse. BACKGROUND The State charged Defendant with three counts of tampering with a…