Opinion ID: 880451
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: evidence of a polygraph examination

Text: Before the Police Commission, witness Kathy Keating answered the following questions: Q. Now, Kathy, subsequent to all this, were you asked to take a lie detector test? A. Yes. Q. And did you take a test? A. Yes I did. Under § 37-62-302, MCA, results of a polygraph examination may not be introduced into or admitted as evidence in a court of law. Here the results were not admitted into evidence, but the fact that Mrs. Keating took a polygraph examination was admitted. There was no objection, however, and the chairman of the Commission later admonished the other members that evidence of taking the polygraph examination was not to be considered by them in determining the credibility of Mrs. Keating. The District Court, in examining this issue, found no prejudice to the officers from the admission of this testimony so as to be reversible. We agree.