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STATE v. SHARPE

Supreme Court Nos. S-16191/16193/16214/16449 (Consolidated).

435 P.3d 887 (2019)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner and Cross-Respondent, v. Jyzyk J. SHARPE, Respondent and Cross-Petitioner. State of Alaska, Petitioner and Cross-Respondent, v. Thomas Henry Alexander, Respondent and Cross-Petitioner. Jeffery K. Holt, Appellant, v. State of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 4, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane L. Wendlandt , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Anchorage, and Jahna Lindemuth , Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner and Cross-Respondent and Appellee State of Alaska.

Sharon Barr , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Respondents and Cross-Petitioners Sharpe and Alexander.

Brooke Berens , Assistant Public Advocate, and Richard Allen , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Appellant Holt.

Gordon L. Vaughan , Vaughan & DeMuro, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Gavin Kentch , Law Office of Gavin Kentch, LLC, Anchorage, for Amicus Curiae American Polygraph Association.

Before: Stowers, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, Bolger, and Carney, Justices.

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

In each of the three underlying criminal cases in this consolidated appeal, the defendant sought to introduce expert testimony by a polygraph examiner that the defendant was truthful when he made exculpatory statements relating to the charges against him during a polygraph examination...

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