State v. Williams

JOHNSON, Judge.

This case is back before us on remand from the Supreme Court with directions to address issues not considered in our previous opinion, in which the majority of the panel awarded a new trial by prospectively applying the rule of State v. Grier, 307 N.C. 628, 300 S.E. 2d 351 (1983), that polygraph evidence, even when parties have stipulated to its admissibility, is inadmissible. See State v. Williams, 66 N.C. App. 374, 311 S.E. 2d 375 (1984). The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the Grier rule was limited in its application to the Grier case and to those trials commencing on…