POWELL v. COM.

No. 96-CA-0636-MR.

994 S.W.2d 1 (1997)

Dietra Jane POWELL, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied by Supreme Court August 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Humphress, Theodore H. Lavit, Theodore H. Lavit & Assoc., P.S.C., Lebanon, for Appellant.

A.B. Chandler III, Attorney General, Courtney A. Jones, Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, for Appellee.

Before WILHOIT, C.J., and COMBS and JOHNSON, JJ.


OPINION

WILHOIT, Chief Judge.

This appeal from a conditional plea of guilty to six counts of possession of a forged instrument, second degree (KRS 516.060(1)), primarily challenges the admissibility of a confession obtained following a polygraph examination. Issues of the voluntariness of the waiver of right to counsel and limitations placed on the defendant's cross-examination of the polygraph examiner are also raised.

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