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· 11/23/1977

United States v. Fred Bull, Jr.

Citations

  • 565 F.2d 869
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 5906

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • drawn gun did not transform stop of two burglary suspects in a deserted shopping center into arrest
  • drawn gun did not transform stop of two burglary suspects in a deserted shopping center into arrest
  • use of a gun when accosting a suspect, standing alone, is not sufficient to convert an investigative stop into an arrest
  • officer’s testimony that initial contact with defendant was “stop and frisk” rather than arrest considered

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Judges: Hall, Per Curiam, Russell, Widener

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