Court Opinion

ID: 9771138
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 16:33:34.480339+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:25.843903
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LEIBSON, Justice,
concurring in part, dissenting in part.
As does my colleague, Justice Spain, I concur in the results in this case, but I respectfully dissent from so much of our decision as would not apply Workman v. Commonwealth, Ky., 580 S.W.2d 206 (1979), where the Commonwealth and the accused have made a valid agreement in advance for the accused to take a polygraph examination and for the results to be used as evidence, or for the case to be dismissed where the results indicate the accused is telling the truth in denying his guilt.
In my view polygraph examinations are unreliable, and should not be utilized as evidence. Nevertheless, as with the competency of any other evidence, such results should be admissible where the parties have made a knowing and voluntary agreement, supported by an appropriate quid •pro quo regarding the use of the results of such an examination.
The reason I agree in the results in this case is because there was no consideration for the Commonwealth’s agreement permitting the use of the results from the polygraph examination, and, therefore, there was no reason to prevent the Commonwealth from changing its mind.