State v. LaForest

Polygraph and scientific tests to determine deception are familiar investigative devices in criminal investigation and are employed generally in industry and government for various purposes. Inbau & Reid, Lie Detection and Criminal Interrogation (3d ed. 1953); Silving, Testing the Unconscious in Criminal Cases, 69 Harv. L. Rev. 683 (1956); 50 A.B.A. J. 470 (1964). See also, Hearings Before Committee on Government Operations of House of Representatives, “Use of Polygraphs as ‘Lie Detectors’ by the Federal Government,” 88th Cong. 2d Sess. Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 (1964). Nevertheless the results of…