What is the test for refusing to respond when asked by a police officer to a question?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Uzoukwu v. City of N.Y., Docket No. 13-3483-cv (2nd Cir. 2015):
Moreover, the district court's answer significantly obscured the well-settled principle that, in New York, "[a]n individual to whom a police officer addresses a question has a constitutional right not to respond. He may remain silent or walk or run away. His refusal to answer is not a crime." People v. Howard, 430 N.Y.S.2d 578, 581 (1980); see also People v. Grullon, 862 N.Y.S.2d 810
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