Patterson v. State

I concur.

With respect to Division 2, it is incumbent on us to rule in this case separately on the admission of the polygraph test under the State Constitution, because appellant has raised such authority as an independent basis. Paragraph 14 of Georgia’s Bill of Rights guarantees that “Every person charged with an offense against the laws of this state shall have the privilege and benefit of counsel. . . ,”1 See Jones v. State, 57 Ga. App. 344 (195 SE 316) (1938), which, although it does not establish the outer limits of the right, points up its fundamental nature and some of the…