United States v. Anthony Hardnett

How courts have described this case

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• holding that approaching a defendant with a firearm drawn was reasonable as the officer had reason to believe the suspect was armed
• holding that because “the use of arms was reasonably necessary under the circumstances,” the investigative stop was not converted into an arrest
• holding that use or display of force will not necessarily convert a stop into an arrest
• holding that blocking a suspect’s car and approaching the suspect with a firearm drawn was reasonable where the officer had reason to believe the suspect was armed
• noting that even a show of firearms is highly intrusive and may in some circumstances amount to arrest
• noting that even a show of firearms is highly intrusive and may in some circumstances amount to arrest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).