RANK v. STATE

No. 167.

373 P.2d 734 (1962)

Harry Robert RANK, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell P. Kay, Lester W. Miller, Anchorage, for appellant.

James C. Merbs, Dist. Atty., Dorothy Awes Haaland, Asst. Dist. Atty., Anchorage, for appellee.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and AREND, JJ.


DIMOND, Justice.

An unoccupied dwelling owned by appellant Harry Rank and his wife was almost totally destroyed by fire on March 27, 1961. Rank was indicted for first degree arson, and was convicted of that crime after a trial by jury. The main question on this appeal has to do with evidence of Rank's failure to take a polygraph (lie-detector) examination and his claim that the admission of such evidence was reversible error...

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