A Northern Territory policeman acquitted of an Indigenous teenager's shooting murder should be allowed to refuse to give evidence at his inquest, a court has been told.
Constable Zachary Rolfe shot Kumanjayi Walker, 19, three times during a botched arrest in Yuendumu, northwest of Alice Springs, on November 9, 2019.
A long-running coronial inquiry into the Warlpiri man's death was suspended on Wednesday so lawyers could appear at a Supreme Court judicial review.