The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.
Irrespective of whether the police conduct in this case is viewed as something less than "interrogation", it is obvious that the defendant's request to remain silent was not scrupulously honored, requiring as a consequence the suppression of his oral statement. (People v Grant,
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