Legal Opinion
People v. Tarsia
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 1, 1980PublishedCited by 321 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*5OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
On this appeal, in the face of the trial strategy-adopted by the defendant, we conclude that it was not error to admit testimony concerning the defendant’s submission to a voice stress evaluation test or a tape recording of the test questions and answers. Additionally, we hold that defendant’s oral and written inculpatory statements were not rendered involuntary as a matter of law merely because they followed upon his participation in the test.
After a trial by jury, Joseph Tarsia was convicted of an attempt to murder his estranged wife (Penal Law, §§ 110.00,…
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