Tennessee Supreme Court· 7/19/2002

State v. Torres

Citations

82 S.W.3d 236
2002 Tenn. LEXIS 336
2002 WL 1587057

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holding that the video was excluded in error but that the error was harmless
stating that polygraph test results and the circumstances surrounding the taking of a polygraph are not admissible because “[p]olygraph results are inherently unreliable and inadmissible”
holding that trial court erred by not allowing a defendant to introduce a redacted videotape of a prior interrogation “to demonstrate the circumstances surrounding the defendant’s [subsequent] statement and to allow the jury to assess the reliability and credibility of [his] confession”
discussing that Rule 612 does not prohibit using non-written materials to refresh a witness’s memory and noting that a recording “is simply a modern substitute for handwritten notes”
discussing the “supervisory power” of the Tennessee Supreme Court over the trial courts
“refusing to allow an offer of proof generally is considered error”

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Judges: Drowota, III, Anderson, Holder, Birch, Barker

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