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==== Distinction between arrest and detention ==== In the United States, there exists a distinction between an investigatory stop or detention, and an arrest. The distinction tends to be whether or not the stop is "brief and cursory" in nature, and whether or not a reasonable individual would feel free to leave.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/terry_stop_stop_and_frisk|title=Terry Stop / Stop and Frisk | Wex Legal Dictionary / Encyclopedia | LII / Legal Information Institute|date=6 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906214229/https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/terry_stop_stop_and_frisk |archive-date=6 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1(1968)</ref><ref>U.S. v. Vargas, 369 F.3d 98 (2d Cir. 2004)</ref><ref>In re Hoch, 82 A.3d 1167 (Vt. 2013).</ref><ref>United States v. Bullock, 632 F.3d 1004 (7th Cir. 2011)</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.knowmyrights.org/knowledgebase/faq/police-encounters/what-is-the-difference-between-arrested-and-detained|title=What's the difference between being arrested and being detained? - Police Encounters - Know My Rights|website=www.knowmyrights.org|access-date=26 November 2019|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20230727202940/http://www.knowmyrights.org/knowledgebase/faq/police-encounters/what-is-the-difference-between-arrested-and-detained |archive-date=July 27, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/courts/by-4-3-supreme-court-says-no-miranda-warning-necessary-for-man-repeatedly-told-he/article_33564170-bc50-11ed-86a7-afd466c0cfbb.html|title=By 4-3, Supreme Court says no Miranda warning necessary for man repeatedly told he was under arrest|author=Michael Karlik|website=Colorado Politics|date=6 March 2023|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20231211152320/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/courts/by-4-3-supreme-court-says-no-miranda-warning-necessary-for-man-repeatedly-told-he/article_33564170-bc50-11ed-86a7-afd466c0cfbb.html|archive-date=December 11, 2023}} </ref>
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