UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fred Emerson GILLIARD, Defendant-Appellant

BLACK, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the district court erred when it excluded evidence of a polygraph examination offered into evidence by Appellant Fred Emerson Gilliard. The district court excluded the polygraph evidence under Fed.R.Evid. 702 and, alternatively, under Fed.R.Evid. 403. Gilliard contends that the district court’s ruling constituted an abuse of discretion. We hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion, and affirm the judgment entered by the district court.

I.BACKGROUND

On March 8, 1996, a grand jury indicted Gilliard on 100 counts of…