State v. Roach

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

Joe B. Roach was convicted of aggravated robbery (K.S.A. 21-3427) of a candy store in Wichita, Kansas, on December 1, 1975. He appeals from that conviction and raises three points. All points concern the admission into evidence of polygraph test results.

In the state’s case in chief there was no mention of either an offer or refusal by the defendant to submit to a polygraph examination.

The defendant Roach took the stand in his defense and interjected into the record his prior willingness to take a polygraph examination. This testimony went…