United States v. Traficant

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ANN ALDRICH, District Judge.

Pending before the Court is the government’s Motion in Limine requesting this Court to prohibit the introduction at trial of any evidence regarding psychological stress evaluation tests. Upon consideration, the motion is granted.

The psychological stress evaluation test results at issue in this case are the product of a voice stress analysis done by defendant Traficant’s chosen examiner. Traficant opposes the government’s motion and seeks to introduce the results of these tests at trial.

Voice stress analysis (VSA) is a method of lie detection.…