State v. Gilchrist

Deen, Presiding Judge.

A Clayton County police officer routinely patrolling along Highway 85 observed a Lincoln automobile turn off the highway into the parking lot of a free-standing liquor store, just as he himself was preparing to drive into the parking lot by another entrance. As he circled the building, the officer heard someone shout, “He just hit the van!” He then saw ahead of him a van (the only vehicle parked on the lot), with the Lincoln resting against it. When appellee Gilchrist emerged from the Lincoln, the officer asked him for his driver’s license and proof of insurance.…