LYON ET AL.

v.

ALABAMA STATE BAR

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• United States v. Julita De Parias, 805 F.2d 1447 (11th Cir. 1986)
  …, 87 S.Ct. 824, 828 n. 8, 17 L.Ed.2d 705 (1967). Nonetheless, this Court will not upset a district court's determination that a statement was voluntary unless clearly erroneous. United States v. Beck, 729 F. 2d 1329, 1333 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 981, 105 S.Ct. 383, 83 L.Ed.2d 318 (1984). The interrogation was the type that normally ensues immediately following arrest. Ramirez has not indicated any untoward pressure or unfair tactic that would make the district court’s determination clearly erro…
• United States v. Piccinonna, 885 F.2d 1529 (11th Cir. 1989)
  …); United States v. Rodriguez, 765 F. 2d 1546, 1558 (11th Cir.1985); cf. United States v. Beck, 729 F. 2d 1329, 1332 (11th Cir.) (court implied that polygraph evidence may be admissible when the parties stipulate to its admissibility), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 981, 105 S.Ct. 383, 83 L.Ed.2d 318 (1984). Our position was derived from former Fifth Circuit precedent excluding polygraph evidence, which we adopted as law in this circuit. Bonner v. City of Prichard, 661 F. 2d 1206, 1207 (11th Cir.1981).6 Recently,…
• Brooks v. D.R. Scheib, 813 F.2d 1191 (11th Cir. 1987)
  …admitting the results of polygraphs into evidence. United States v. Masri, 547 F. 2d 932, 936 (5th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 907, 98 S.Ct. 309, 54 L.Ed.2d 195 (1977); United States v. Beck, 729 F. 2d 1329, 1332 (11th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 981, 105 S.Ct. 383, 83 L.Ed.2d 318 (1984). There is no agreement in the scientific community about the accuracy of polygraph technique, see, e.g., Conner v. Auger, 595 F. 2d 407, 411 (8th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 851, 100 S.Ct. 104, 62 L.Ed.2d…