Lie Detection: The Supreme Court's Polygraph Decision

Authors

Bennett L. Gershman, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

In United States v. Scheffer, decided this past Term, the Supreme Court considered for the first time the admissibility of polygraph evidence. The Court held that exclusion of such evidence on behalf of a criminal defendant was supported by valid justifications and offended no constitutional right to present a defense.

Recommended Citation

Bennett L. Gershman, Lie Detection: The Supreme Court's Polygraph Decision, N.Y. St. B.J., Sept./Oct. 1998, at 34, http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty/622/.