Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Robert FOLSON, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1997-02-25
Citations: 942 S.W.2d 393
Docket Number: No. WD 52408
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Robert FOLSON, Respondent.
Judges: Before HANNA, P.J., and SMART and LAURA DENVIR STITH, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 942
Pages: 393–393

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Robert FOLSON, Respondent.
No. WD 52408.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Feb. 25, 1997.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied April 1, 1997.
Dwight K Scroggins, Jr., Pros. Atty., Hershel D. Shepherd, Asst. Pros. Atty., Buchanan County, St. Joseph, for appellant.
Timothy D. Ernst, Asst. Public Defender, St. Joseph, for respondent.
Before HANNA, P.J., and SMART and LAURA DENVIR STITH, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
The State appeals from an order granting defendant's motion for new trial, arguing that the trial court was required to issue findings of fact and conclusions of law specifying the ground on which it granted the motion, and that its failure to do so constituted reversible error. Defendant argues the State had no right to appeal grant of a new trial. We consider the merits of the appeal and affirm grant of a new trial. Motion to set aside denied as moot. Finding no prece-dential value to our decision, we affirm by this summary order but have provided the parties with a memorandum setting out the reasons for our decision. Rule 30.25.