Is it an abuse of discretion to refuse to admit polygraph evidence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Estrada-Lucas, 651 F.2d 1261 (9th Cir. 1980):
A trial court's refusal to admit polygraph evidence, even for a limited purpose and under limited conditions, will rarely be overturned as an abuse of discretion. United States v. Benveniste, 564 F.2d 335, 339 (9th Cir. 1977). Nevertheless, as in the instant case, once the trial court had exercised its discretion to admit the evidence, it should not have deviated from the law of
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