Legal Question in DUI Law in Minnesota

Re: entrapment and following procedures

It is common police practice to wait outside of bars, then follow people leaving the bar parking lot to see if they might be driving-impaired by alcohol. (This is not an example of "entrapment," by the way.) In order to stop a vehicle, police do not need "probable cause" to suspect the driver of a crime, but they do need "reasonable suspicion" of criminal activity sufficient to justify a stop. In other words, police need less basis to stop someone than they do to justify arresting someone. If the police had no basis for stopping you other than leaving a bar, your lawyer should be able to win your case. I would be surprised, however, if the police did not at least claim some further basis for the stop. Even so, you can still win. Normally, that will require a lawyer working hard to investigate the facts with you and to research and analyze the law for you.