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STATE v. PRESSLEY

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290 S.C. 251 (1986)

349 S.E.2d 403

The STATE, Respondent v. Pamela J. PRESSLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Carlisle Roberts, Jr., and Amie L. Clifford, Columbia, and Solicitor Dudley Saleeby, Jr., Florence, for respondent.

William Reynolds Williams, of Wilcox, Hardee, McLeod, Buyck & Baker, Florence, for appellant.

Heard Sept. 17, 1986.

Decided, Oct. 13, 1986.

GREGORY, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of breach of trust and conspiracy. She contends she is entitled to a new trial because of numerous references at trial to her polygraph examination. We agree.

Evidence regarding the results of a polygraph test or the defendant's willingness or refusal to submit to one is inadmissible. State v. McGuire,

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