State v. Purvis

HOLSTEIN, Judge.

Appellant, State of Missouri, filed a charge of driving while intoxicated against respondent, Sally A. Purvis. The State now appeals from an order of the trial court suppressing the testimony of the arresting officer, as authorized by § 547.200 and Rule 30.02.1 The sole issue presented on appeal is whether the trial court was precluded, under the principles of collateral estoppel, from making its own determination as to whether or not a law enforcement officer had probable cause to make an arrest of Purvis because an administrative hearing officer, in an administrative…