Borden v. State

JOSEPH J. MULLINS, Retired Circuit Judge.

The appellant was convicted for burglary second degree and sentenced to six years imprisonment.

The appellant contends that his motion for mistrial should have been granted because state’s counsel asked improper questions regarding a lie detector test during the trial.

During the cross-examination of the sheriff, appellant’s counsel brought out the fact that the appellant had volunteered to go take a lie detector test, and in fact had taken two lie detector tests. Before this was brought out, the subject of lie detector test had not been mentioned. Later…