What is the name of your state? Arizona
Is refusing to answer an officers questions and to choose to
remain silent, would this be considered hindering an investigation?
Only after refusing to answer questions my friend was placed under
arrest for hindering an investigation. My friend requested several
times to be read his Miranda rights after been arrest. The officers
refused. After about 30 minutes he was released from custody outside
the jail, and he was never booked or anything. My friend is waiting to talk to a lawyer, but the person
answering phones told him it's not a crime to refuse to answer questions.
13-2510. Hindering prosecution; definition
For purposes of sections 13-2511 and 13-2512 a person renders assistance to another person by knowingly:
1. Harboring or concealing the other person; or
2. Warning the other person of impending discovery, apprehension, prosecution or conviction. This does not apply to a warning given in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law; or
3. Providing the other person with money, transportation, a weapon, a disguise or other similar means of avoiding discovery, apprehension, prosecution or conviction; or
4. Preventing or obstructing by means of force, deception or intimidation anyone from performing an act that might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution or conviction of the other person; or
5. Suppressing by an act of concealment, alteration or destruction any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution or conviction of the other person; or
6. Concealing the identity of the other person.
Is refusing to answer an officers questions and to choose to
remain silent, would this be considered hindering an investigation?
Only after refusing to answer questions my friend was placed under
arrest for hindering an investigation. My friend requested several
times to be read his Miranda rights after been arrest. The officers
refused. After about 30 minutes he was released from custody outside
the jail, and he was never booked or anything. My friend is waiting to talk to a lawyer, but the person
answering phones told him it's not a crime to refuse to answer questions.
13-2510. Hindering prosecution; definition
For purposes of sections 13-2511 and 13-2512 a person renders assistance to another person by knowingly:
1. Harboring or concealing the other person; or
2. Warning the other person of impending discovery, apprehension, prosecution or conviction. This does not apply to a warning given in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law; or
3. Providing the other person with money, transportation, a weapon, a disguise or other similar means of avoiding discovery, apprehension, prosecution or conviction; or
4. Preventing or obstructing by means of force, deception or intimidation anyone from performing an act that might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution or conviction of the other person; or
5. Suppressing by an act of concealment, alteration or destruction any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery, apprehension, prosecution or conviction of the other person; or
6. Concealing the identity of the other person.