State v. Lyon

*223CAMPBELL, J.

In State v. Brown, 297 Or 404, 445, 687 P2d 751 (1984), we held that polygraph evidence is not admissible, over proper objection, in any civil or criminal trial in this state. We reserved opinion as to the admissibility of such evidence pursuant to a preexamination stipulation. Id. at 445 n 35. We accepted review of this case to resolve that issue. For the reasons set out below, we hold that polygraph test results are inadmissible as evidence in the courts of this state, even when admissibility has been stipulated by the parties.

Defendant was convicted of murder in the shooting…