Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
United States ex rel. Smith v. Baldi
United States ex rel. Smith v. Baldi, 72 S. Ct. 639 (1952)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1952-03-24
- Topic
- general
not error for trial court to admit polygrapher’s testimony for purpose of deciding whether the defendant’s confession was voluntary | 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
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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari granted.