Supreme Court of Iowa· 4/14/1976

State v. Conner

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241 N.W.2d 447
1976 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1169

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holding polygraph examinations inadmissible at trial based on considerations of fairness and reliability
holding polygraph examinations inadmissible at trial based on considerations of fairness and reliability
rejecting due process challenge to Iowa rule that unstipulated polygraph evidence is inadmissible; proponent of polygraph evidence failed to make requisite showing that polygraphy is a field of proper opinion evidence
defendant held steady employment for seven years, supported wife and six children, and was licensed to drive
“Unlike the common-law felony-murder rule, and statutes in most other jurisdictions, § 690.2 does not make all killings in perpetration of the designated felonies murder. It makes murder in perpetration of such felonies first-degree murder.”
“[T]he issue of admissibility of polygraph evidence is no more in the hands of the adversary than is the issue of admissibility of any evidence to which an adversary may lodge a valid objection.”

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Judges: McCormick, Moore, Legrand, Uhlenhopp, Harris, McCor-mick

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