State v. Hopkins

Carley, Judge.

While patrolling the downtown streets of Macon at 2:40 a.m., two officers observed appellee and a companion seated in a parked car. One of the officers had in his possession an outstanding warrant for appellee’s arrest for probation violation. Recognizing appellee, the officers parked their vehicle and approached the car occupied by appellee. The officers ordered appellee to get out of the vehicle and, when he complied, appellee was handcuffed and placed in the patrol car. After ascertaining that neither appellee nor his companion *142owned the vehicle in which they were sitting,…