Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
United States v. Ford
54 L. Ed. 2d 72
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1977-10-03
- Topic
- general
"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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C. A. 2d Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted and case set for argument with No. 76-1596, immediately supra.