Aguilera-Tovar v. State

Convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County of one count of sexual abuse of a minor1 and three counts of third-degree sexual offense,2 Guillermo Aguilera-Tovar, appellant, presents two issues for our review. They are: whether the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the post-polygraph statements he made to the police and whether he was denied a fair trial.

Because we conclude that the statements appellant made to the police, following his polygraph examination, were unlawfully obtained and should have been suppressed, we reverse appellant’s convictions and…