State v. Clifton

Defendant was convicted of murder for the killing of the manager of a Portland motel. He appeals upon the ground that the trial court erred in receiving in evidence a confession because it was not given voluntarily, but was produced by psychological coercion resulting from the use of a polygraph examination or “lie detector” test. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, 19 Or App 147, 526 P2d 495 (1974). We also affirm.

At the beginning of the trial defendant moved to suppress the offer in evidence of his oral and written confessions. A hearing was then held at which testimony was…