State v. Tavernier

Defendant appeals from his conviction for forgery assigning as error, among other assignments, the admission of evidence flowing from a polygraph examination of himself.

The state offered evidence of the examination based upon the stipulation of the parties that the defendant would submit to examination by "a qualified polygraph operator” and that no objection would be made to the admission at trial of the resulting evidence, see State v. Bennett, 17 Or App 197, 521 P2d 31, rev den (1974). Defendant objected on the basis of the lack of qualification of the operator. The state responds that the…