Case Name: Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Davis
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1974-05-16
Citations: 228 Pa. Super. 880
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 1168
Parties: Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Davis.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 228
Pages: 880–881

Head Matter:
Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Davis.
Argued March 28, 1974.
David Rich-mam, Assistant District Attorney, with him Ma/rk Bend-row, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant; Joseph V. Restifo, for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion
Per Curiam :
The order of the court below granting a new trial solely to enable appellant to es tablish the admissibility of a polygraph test is erroneous as a matter of law. Commonwealth v. Brooks, 151 Pa. 75, 309 A. 2d 732 (1973). Reversed and remanded.