context: In a similar context, the Ninth Circuit has found the reference to the polygraph test of another suspect to constitute harmless error.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 805 F.2d 1410, 1417
citation_a.parenthetical: testimony that defendant had failed two polygraphs submitted to explain police's failure to conduct more complete investigation
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Candoli, 870 F.2d 496, 505 (9th Cir.1989) (finding that district court’s refusal to strike references to polygraph examination was not prejudicial because it did not materially affect verdict); United States v. Hall, 805 F.2d 1410, 1417 (10th Cir.1986) (testimony that defendant had failed two polygraphs submitted to explain police’s failure to conduct more complete investigation).
citation_b.signal: but see
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that admission of testimony that State had dismissed indictment against earlier suspect because he successfully passed polygraph was reversible error when prosecutor repeatedly referred to polygraph on direct and in summation
citation_b.sentence: But see State v. Moss, 180 W.Va. 363, 376 S.E.2d 569 (1988) (holding that admission of testimony that State had dismissed indictment against earlier suspect because he successfully passed polygraph was reversible error when prosecutor repeatedly referred to polygraph on direct and in summation).