An Austintown man will appear in court next month, arrested and charged for basically not telling police what his name was.

It's a case that's stirred much discussion in the Mahoning Valley, and nationwide after video of the man's confrontation with police appeared on the internet.

Are you legally obligated to tell an officer who you are, if asked?

In part of the videotape on photographyisnotacrime.com you can hear an Austintown patrol officer say, "So you're not going to ID yourself, give your name, date of birth, nothing?"

Then you hear Austintown resident Jason Morrison say, "Am I being held on suspicion of a crime?" The officer responds, "We got a call on you, yes."

Within minutes of that interaction with Austintown police, Morrison was arrested and charged with aggravated menacing and failure to provide personal information.

Attorney David Betras says here's what Ohio law says, "Police have a right, if they have a reasonable, articulable suspicion to ask you for your name, your address, your date of birth. But they don't have a right, nor do you have an obligation, to provide someone your license if you're not behind the wheel."

Morrison doesn't deny it was about 1:00 a.m. in the morning when he decided to go out and do an experiment on the traffic lights at Mahoning Avenue and North Raccoon Road. But he says taking video out in the open, in a public place, is not a crime, and he wasn't doing anything wrong.

Joseph Gardner is Morrison's attorney, "I don't see any probable cause or reasonable suspicion that my client was committing any crime."

If you refuse to comply with the orders of a police officer, you're taking matters into your own hands. Some say there are other ways to assert your constitutional rights.

"Your right to assert your constitutional rights really is in front of a court or in another venue not on a highway or byway," Attorney Betras said.

Morrison's attorney would not comment on whether he thought his client's rights were violated.

Austintown police are not commenting on the pending case at this time.