Crumpton v. Commonwealth

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• holding that a jury cannot appreciate the significance of a confession unless the defendant was able to “fully explain the surrounding circumstances and reasons” that he altered his prior statement after a polygraph had been conducted
• holding erroneous limitation of some of the defendant’s testimony seeking to explain his prior inconsistent statements was not harmless

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