United States v. Malcolm Alexander

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• holding that reasonable suspicion existed where defendants parked their car in a neighborhood with frequent drug activity, left and returned minutes later with a brown paper bag, then drove away quickly
• holding that drawing of weapons did not convert stop into an arrest
• holding it reasonable for officers conducting Terry stop to unholster firearms when conducting investigatory stop of persons suspected of recent drug transaction
• drawing of guns is reasonable when target of stop is suspected of drug activity or of being armed
• in traffic stop of suspected narcotics traffickers, officers were reasonable in deciding to unholster their guns and frisk the occupant of the car
• agents approached car with guns unholstered, ordered defendant to exit ear and frisked defendant did not amount to an arrest under the circumstances

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