Turner v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[p]olygraph test results fall far short of the 'demonstrably reliable' hearsay evidence that may be admitted”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 Va. App. 363 - Henderson v. Commonwealth · Johnson v. Commonwealth

2. “We do -not, however, by this holding intend to impose any restrictions on the use of the polygraph as a tool in law enforcement or in the. treatment, therapy, monitoring or evaluation of offenders, although those making use of such tests, should be aware that the results will not be admissible in judicial proceedings. Any voluntary statements or admissions made by a person being tested remain admissible subject to the ordinary rules of evidence. Our holding is limited to the exclusion of the opinions of the polygraph operator or others purporting to offer expert opinion interpreting the test results.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Minnesota v. Chad Michael Nowacki

3. “`polygraph examinations are so thoroughly unreliable as to be of no proper evidentiary use. . . . The point of these cases is that the lie-detector or polygraph has an aura of authority while being wholly unreliable.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 Va. App. 363 - Henderson v. Commonwealth