COMMONWEALTH v. O'DOOLEY

No. 106.

54 Pa. D. & C. 2d 247 (1971)

Commonwealth v. O'Dooley

Common Pleas Court of Warren County, Pennsylvania.

December 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Morgan, for Commonwealth.

Joseph A. Massa, Jr., of Bonavita & Massa, for defendant.


WOLFE, P. J., December 1, 1971.

For decision is defendant's motion for polygraph and truth serum testing of himself.

Defendant has been indicted on three counts of murder of his wife and two infant children and one count of arson.

It is now settled that the results of such testing are not only inadmissible as evidence at trial but the willingness or refusal to submit to such testing is likewise inadmissible: Commonwealth v. Saunders,

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