People v. Nolasco

-Judgment Supreme Court, New York County, rendered July 16, 1976, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the first degree, reversed, on the law, and case remanded for a new trial. A defendant’s silence at the time of his arrest may not be used against him in subsequent judicial proceedings to impeach his credibility. To *550hold otherwise would be to penalize a defendant for exercising his constitutional privilege to remain silent while under custodial interrogation (People v Conyers, 65 AD2d 437, 440). Thus, a defendant has no obligation, after his arrest, to tell…