Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
United States ex rel. Smith v. Baldi
United States ex rel. Smith v. Baldi, 343 U.S. 903 (1952)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1952-03-24
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- not error for trial court to admit polygrapher’s testimony for purpose of deciding whether the defendant’s confession was voluntary
- fact of taking polygraph, and negative results, were admissible to show voluntariness of subsequent confession
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 55 opinions
C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari granted.