STATE v. CATANESE

No. 62184.

368 So.2d 975 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph A. CATANESE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., Eugene Bryson, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-relator.

M. Daniel LaGrone, Jr., Smith & LaGrone, Shreveport, for defendant-respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

In this case we are called upon to reconsider this Court's rule excluding for any purpose evidence of a polygraph examination. Our review convinces us that, at present, such evidence should not be admitted in criminal trials. However, the reasons for the exclusion of polygraph evidence during trial do not militate against its introduction, within the trial judge's discretion, in a post-trial proceeding such as a hearing on a motion for a new trial...

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