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· 3/29/1976

Beaver v. United States

Citations

  • 425 U.S. 905
  • 96 S. Ct. 1498

How courts have described this case

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  • \An investigatory stop is not automatically an arrest simply because an officer draws his (automatic rifle and aims at the suspect).\
  • “An investigatory stop is not automatically an arrest simply because an officer draws his [automatic rifle and aims at the suspect].”
  • based upon experience with drug traffickers, agents reasonably feared death or serious injury when they stopped plane on dark, deserted airstrip
  • based upon experience with drug traffickers, agents reasonably feared death or serious injury when they stopped plane on dark, deserted airstrip

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