State of Tennessee v. Benjamin Damron

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE September 16, 2003 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. BENJAMIN DAMRON Appeal By Permission from the Circuit Court for Coffee County No. 29542 John W. Rollins, Judge No. M2003-00588-CCA-R9-CO - Filed December 29, 2003 This interlocutory appeal, brought by the State, seeks to answer whether a defendant’s statements made during the third phase of a polygraph examination are admissible evidence. We conclude the trial court correctly suppressed the defendant’s statements because the “post-instrument phase” of the polygraph examination was an…