Powell v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Powell next posits that her confession should be suppressed because it is a part of the polygraph examination and, therefore, she claims, inadmissible under Kentucky law. In the alternative, she argues that if the post-polygraph questioning is separate and distinct, then use of her confession is in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 , 86 S.Ct. 1602 , 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). Of course, Powell’s statements of guilt made following the polygraph examination are not the same thing as testimony by the examiner as to the results of the test itself. It is the results of the test itself and the fact that she took it which are inadmissible, not her confession after the test.”

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