Taylor v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• holding that to conclude an unreliable test can yield results which are definite and conclusive is a non sequitur and therefore polygraph results are inadmissible even under a stipulation by the parties that the results will be admissible if not shown to be indefinite or inconclusive
• finding improper admission of the defendant's polygraph test results was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt when the defendant's credibility \was a crucial issue to be decided in resolving\ a conflict in the evidence

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Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gary Riccio v. County of Fairfax, Virginia J. Hamilton Lambert John E. Granfield, Chief the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County
  Fourth Circuit· 1990-07-12· cited 222×
• Crumpton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-09-26· cited 13×
• Billips v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-06-06· cited 12×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-01-23· cited 11×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Robinson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-03-07· cited 92×
• Odum v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-03-11· cited 91×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-01-13· cited 21×