Legal Opinion
State v. French
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided June 27, 1979No. 79-032PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*501GRIMES, J.
The issue in this murder case is whether it was error for the trial court to exclude evidence that the defendant had undergone a polygraph test at the request of the State and that the State’s polygraph operator and eight other police operators were of the opinion that the defendant had been truthful when she denied killing the victim. We hold that no error was committed.
Defendant was indicted in April 1977 for the murder of John Dufresne on September 15, 1975. RSA 630:1-b I (a). Trial began on October 11, 1977. During trial, defendant moved to suppress certain evidence including…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Commonwealth v. GeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- James W. Killough v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- State v. LaForestSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1965
- State v. StewartSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1976
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. GrierSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
- In re GrimmSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1993
- Hugh Devries v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- State v. NadeauSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1985
- State v. OberSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1985
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