With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". pertaining to procedural matters are enforced in the same manner as a Supreme Court rule as long as the procedural matter addressed is not inconsistent with a Supreme Court rule. State v. Teer, 275 S.W.3d 258, 264 (Mo. banc 2009); see also Mo. Const art. V, § 5 (granting the Supreme Court power to “establish rules relating to practice, procedure and pleading for all courts and administrative tribunals, which shall have the force and effect of law”); Gillespie v. Rice, 224 S.W.3d 608, 612 (Mo.App. W.D.2006) (“Missouri Supreme Court Rules are to be given the same effect as statutes.... ”). The application of a statute of limitations “must be specifically asserted by the time the case is decided.” Reynolds, 323 S.W.3d at 453; see also Patel v. Pate, 128 S.W.3d 873, 877 (Mo.App. W.D.2004) (<HOLDING>). “The trial court ha[s] no obligation to rule

A: holding that argument was not preserved where defendant did not file a pretrial motion to suppress and did not object or make a motion to exclude the evidence until his motion to dismiss at the close of all of the evidence
B: holding that the plaintiffs reply to the defendants motion to dismiss which did not allege a specific date of discovery was still sufficient to establish a potential defense to the statute of limitations
C: holding that a statute of limitations defense first raised in a motion to dismiss at the close of the plaintiffs evidence was untimely
D: recognizing that statute of limitations questions may be resolved on a motion to dismiss
C.