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: but see
citation_a.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_a.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).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 870 F.2d 496, 505
citation_b.parenthetical: finding that district court's refusal to strike references to polygraph examination was not prejudicial because it did not materially affect verdict
citation_b.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).