Lasley v. Director of Revenue

This Court granted transfer to resolve a conflict among the appellate courts regarding the propriety of an administrative license suspension predicated on probable cause to arrest but obtained after an unlawful stop. The majority skirts this important issue by putting the proverbial cart before the horse, that is, by holding (accurately, I believe) that the stop was not unlawful in the first place. I find no need to make that determination because the lawfulness of the initial stop is irrelevant in civil eases. As I will explain, even if the stop was unlawful, the exclusionary rule is only…