Court Opinion

ID: 9585606
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:02:09.82343+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:41.512146
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Weltner, Justice,
concurring specially.
I write this special concurrence only to suggest that the questioned testimony of Sheriff Cannon relative to the polygraph examination comes properly within the scope of OCGA § 24-3-2, as defined by Momon v. State, 249 Ga. 865 (294 SE2d 482) (1982). The defense undertook, in cross-examination, to inquire into the sheriff’s present view of the truthfulness of the witness, and the circumstances of his recommendation for immunity. Hence, “the conduct and motives of the actor [Sheriff Cannon] are matters concerning which the truth must be found. . . .” Momon, supra, 249 Ga. at 867, having been made so by the defense.
That would render admissible not only the fact of the polygraph examination, but the result as well, so long as it is shown that the *359sheriff’s conduct was based upon these factors.