State of Missouri v. Kyle Matthew Ledbetter

IN THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS WESTERN DISTRICT STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Appellant, ) WD83251 v. ) ) OPINION FILED: ) May 5, 2020 KYLE MATTHEW LEDBETTER, ) ) Respondent. ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri The Honorable Jon E. Beetem, Judge Before Division Two: Mark D. Pfeiffer, Presiding Judge, and Alok Ahuja and Gary D. Witt, Judges The State of Missouri (the “State”) brings this interlocutory appeal, challenging the trial court’s grant of Mr. Kyle Ledbetter’s (“Ledbetter”) motion to suppress evidence seized in a warrantless search of his vehicle after he was arrested,…