Criminal law -- Driving under influence -- Arrest -- Probable cause -- Defendant arrested for DUI after two restaurant bar patrons and a security guard prevented defendant from driving away and relayed their observations to officer -- Trial court erred by denying defendant's motion to suppress DUI evidence because arresting officer lacked probable cause to arrest defendant for DUI -- Officer lacked probable cause where defendant was outside of her turned-off vehicle by the time officer arrived, officer was not investigating a car accident, and information was not relayed by another officer -- Officer could not rely on security guard's statements to establish probable cause because security guard was not a law enforcement officer -- Citizen's arrest -- Court rejects argument that security guard effectuated a valid citizen's arrest where security guard's actions of temporarily parking his golf cart behind defendant's vehicle and speaking with defendant to keep her from driving off did not necessarily prevent defendant from leaving
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