Court Opinion

ID: 9771139
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 16:33:34.483577+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:25.844307
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SPAIN, Justice,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I agree with the majority that the judgment of conviction and sentence imposed upon the appellant ought to be affirmed and generally agree with the opinion of the majority. I nevertheless respectfully dissent from so much of the opinion as overrules our decisions in Workman v. Commonwealth, Ky., 580 S.W.2d 206 (1979), and Colbert v. Commonwealth, Ky., 306 S.W.2d 825 (1957). I dissented in Morgan v. Commonwealth, Ky., 809 S.W.2d 704 (1991), because I saw no reversible error in the mere mention of the fact that an interrogation of the defendant took place in a room in which a polygraph machine was present, especially where the defense persisted in eliciting the information. I also see no inherent evil in admitting the results of a polygraph examination where both the defendant and Commonwealth agree in advance to be bound by the results.
WINTERSHEIMER, J., joins in this dissent.