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H.B. 52

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ADMISSIBILITY OF POLYGRAPH EVIDENCE

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2000 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: David L. Gladwell

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; ESTABLISHING BY STATUTE THE
             6      LIMITS ON ADMISSIBILITY OF POLYGRAPH TESTS.
             7      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             8      ENACTS:
             9          77-1-18, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             10      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             11          Section 1. Section 77-1-18 is enacted to read:
             12          77-1-18. Admissibility of polygraph evidence.
             13          (1) The following may not be admitted into evidence in any criminal proceeding unless
             14      all parties to the proceeding stipulate to its admission:
             15          (a) the results of a polygraph examination;
             16          (b) the opinion of a polygraph examiner; or
             17          (c) any reference to an offer to take, the failure to take, or the taking of a polygraph
             18      examination.
             19          (2) This section does not exclude from evidence statements made during a polygraph
             20      examination which are otherwise admissible in a criminal proceeding.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-10-00 4:34 PM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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