The People v. Jose Aviles

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. 186 The People &c., Respondent, v. Jose Aviles, Appellant. Aleksandr B. Livshits, for appellant. Stanley R. Kaplan, for respondent. Make the Road New York, amicus curiae. GARCIA, J.: The New York City Police Department does not administer physical coordination tests when a language barrier prevents the administering officer from communicating the test instructions to a non-English speaking suspect. Defendant Jose Aviles…