State v. Damron

OPINION

FRANK F. DROWOTA III, C. J„

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which E. RILEY ANDERSON, JANICE M. HOLDER, WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., and ALLEN WILSON WALLACE, Sp. J., joined.

We granted the State’s application for permission to appeal to determine whether the trial court and the Court of Criminal Appeals erred by suppressing potentially incriminating statements given by the defendant during the post-instrument phase of a polygraph test. Upon due consideration, we conclude that the lower courts erred by suppressing the statements. Although polygraph test results, testimony concerning such…