MATTER OF SOWA v. LOONEY


28 A.D.2d 893 (1967)

In the Matter of Aleck P. Sowa, Petitioner, v. Francis B. Looney, as Commissioner of The Nassau County Police Department, et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

July 10, 1967


In our opinion, the admission of the results of the polygraph tests was improper (cf. People v. Forte, 279 N.Y. 204), as was also the admission of the hearsay reports of the 1961 unverified incident which petitioner had never been called upon to refute. The matter is accordingly remitted to respondent for a new hearing and the making of a new determination upon proper...

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