People v. Ray

INTRODUCTION

This Court granted leave to appeal in the instant case to resolve two questions. We are asked to determine first, whether statements made by a defendant during the course of a polygraph examination should be admissible at trial as a matter of state or federal constitutional law or public policy. Secondly, we must determine whether the Court of *263Appeals erred in this case in imposing a duty on the trial court to hold a Walker1 hearing sua sponte in the presence of alerting circumstances.

We hold that neither state or federal law nor public policy requires the automatic suppression at…