Opinion ID: 6108499
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Request Concerning Search Warrant

Text: Healea requests this Court issue a writ of mandamus ordering the trial court to adhere to the plain language of Section 542.276, RSMo Supp. 2013. He essentially argues the trial court should exclude blood test results because the signed search warrant was missing at the hearing. At the March 2 hearing, the trial court overruled Healea's motion to suppress evidence of the blood tests after hearing arguments from both sides. The trial court found the search warrant authorizing the State to obtain samples of Healea's blood the night of his arrest was properly signed by a judge. 5 In challenging both the validity of the search warrant along with the application of the exclusionary rule, Healea is seeking writ relief of issues that appellate courts address on appeal. See, e.g. , State v. Douglass , No. SC95719, 544 S.W.3d 182 , 198-200, 2018 WL 830306 , at  (Mo. banc Feb. 13, 2018). Rule 84.22(a) prohibits courts from issuing remedial writs in any case wherein adequate relief can be afforded by an appeal. Because Healea has a remedy on appeal, he is not entitled to a writ of mandamus on this issue.