honor” a suspect’s right to silence. Michigan v. Mosley, 423 U.S. 96, 104, 96 S.Ct. 321, 326, 46 L.Ed.2d 313, 321 (1975); Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 473-74, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 1627-28, 16 L.Ed.2d 694, 723 (1966); State v. Johnson, 120 N.J. 263, 282, 576 A.2d 834 (1990); Hartley, supra, 103 N.J. at 260-61, 511 A.2d 80. “Scrupulously honoring” a defendant’s right to silence requires a cessation of questioning once the defendant asserts his Fifth Amendment right. Johnson, supra, 120 N.J. at 282, 576 A.2d 834 (“Where the invocation of the right to remain silent is followed by no interruption in questioning, and where the interrogation continues as if nothing had happened, the right is not scrupulously honored.”); State v. Bey, 112 N.J. 45, 68-70, 548 A.2d 846 (1988) (Bey I) (<HOLDING>); Hartley, supra, 103 N.J. at 287, 511 A.2d 80
holding police violated edwards when they continued questioning a defendant after his initial invocation of the right to counsel even though he responded to the subsequent questioning holding defendants rights not scrupulously honored when police officers ignored his attempt to remain silent and continued questioning holding that police may continue questioning a suspect until he unambiguously invokes his right to remain silent holding that the admissibility of statements obtained after the person in custody has decided to remain silent depends under miranda on whether his right to cut off questioning was scrupulously honored  and upholding officers attempts to resume questioning after defendant invoked right to remain silent because defendant was readvised of his rights sufficient time elapsed between the original invocation and the requestioning and the questioning involved a different crime holding that a suspects invocation of the right to remain silent must be unequivocal to require that police questioning cease