State v. Bates

NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER, Presiding Judge.

Marty Joe Bates (“Defendant”) was charged with trafficking drugs in the second degree, a violation of section 195.223.9. 1 Defendant moved to suppress physical evidence found during the search of a shed located on his property behind his trailer home. After a hearing, the motion to suppress was granted. The State appeals, arguing the Fourth Amendment was not violated or, in the alternative, suppression was improper because the evidence was admissible under the inevitable discovery doctrine. We affirm.

In the light most favorable to the trial court’s…