Legal Opinion
State v. Alexander
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided December 18, 2015No. 2481 A-11423/A-11433PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
The defendant in this case, Thomas Henry Alexander, is facing trial for sexual abuse of a minor. The superior court has granted Alexander's motion to introduce evidence that he took a polygraph examination, and that the polygraph examiner concluded that there was a high likelihood that Alexander was being truthful when he denied committing the alleged acts of abuse.
However, the superior court placed two conditions on the admission of this polygraph evidence: First, Alexander must submit to another polygraph examination, this one administered by a qualified expert of…
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