Romero v. State

OPINION

ONION, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is taken from a conviction for sale of heroin wherein the punishment was assessed at twenty (20) years.

At the outset, appellant urges that the court erred “as a matter of law” in admitting into evidence, over objection, the results of a lie-detector or polygraph test. The State contends that the same was admissible by virtue of a pre-trial written agreement and stipulation entered into prior to the polygraph test. Both State and appellant believe that the question presented is one of first impression in this jurisdiction.

Prior to trial, the appellant…