Supreme Court of South Carolina· 10/13/1986

State v. Pressley

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349 S.E.2d 403
290 S.C. 251
1986 S.C. LEXIS 430

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because the trial judge allowed repeated references to appellant’s submission to a polygraph examination, the jury instruction to disregard the polygraph results could not cure the prejudice to appellant
repeated references to a polygraph examination could not be cured by an instruction for the jury to disregard the testimony where'it was shown that appellant confessed immediately after taking the examination
“Evidence regarding the results of a polygraph test or the defendant’s willingness or refusal to submit to one is inadmissible.”
where, on direct appeal, the Court found reversible error based on repeated references to the appellant's submission to a polygraph examination and the evidence that the appellant confessed immediately after taking the polygraph
where, on direct appeal, the Court found reversible error based on repeated references to the appellant’s submission to a polygraph examination and the evidence that the appellant confessed immediately after taking the polygraph

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Judges: Gregory, Ness, Harwell, Chandler, Finney

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