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To: tfecw
You made a good point..
a polygraph test result is inadmissable in court..
33 posted on 04/29/2005 10:34:28 AM PDT by Drammach (Freedom; not just a job, it's an adventure..)
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To: Drammach
a polygraph test result is inadmissable in court..

It depends.

From BROWN v. THE STATE, 175 Ga. App. 246

In State v. Chambers, 240 Ga. 76-77 (239 SE2d 324) (1977), the Supreme Court held that "upon express stipulation of the parties that they shall be admissible, the results of a lie detector test shall be admissible as evidence for the jury to attach to them whatever probative value they may find them to have." (Emphasis supplied.)

See also ROBERTSON v. THE STATE, 175 Ga. App. 246 (1997)

21. Absent a stipulation by both parties, polygraph results are not admissible. Willis v. State, 249 Ga. 261, 265 (290 SE2d 87) (1982); State v. Chambers, 240 Ga. 76, 77 (239 SE2d 324) (1977). Inasmuch as the State did not stipulate the admissibility of defendant's polygraph test results, it cannot be said that the trial court erred in refusing to admit those results.

145 posted on 04/29/2005 12:14:44 PM PDT by PAR35
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