Legal Opinion
People v. Barbara
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 13, 1977No. 54774, (Calendar No. 15)PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
"What is truth?” asked Pilate in the trial of Jesus. John 18:38. Today the polygraph really poses the same question. In the intervening nineteen hundred years, everything from trial by ordeal to jury trial has been used to try to establish truth.
This case requires us to determine whether polygraph evidence which heretofore has not been admissible at trial may be used to assist a judge in determining whether to grant a motion for a new trial. (For a description of how a polygraph and a polygraph test work, please see the appendix.)
The Michigan test presently applied to determine the…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State v. ValdezArizona Supreme Court · 1962
- People v. DavisMichigan Supreme Court · 1955
- Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- People v. BeckerMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
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3Cited by148 opinions
- United States v. John W. DowningCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- State v. BrownOregon Supreme Court · 1984
- Connecticut v. PorterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- State v. BiddleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980
- People v. BeckleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1990
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