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State v. Narval Hardware
Citations: 868 So. 2d 574; 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 1312; 2004 WL 305954Docket: Nos. 3D03-2971, 3D03-2972
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida; February 10, 2004; Florida; State Appellate Court
The state has petitioned for certiorari review regarding two trial court orders that called for a Frye evidentiary hearing on the admissibility of polygraph test results. The court quashed the trial court orders, referencing Davis v. State, which established that polygraph tests lack sufficient reliability and validity to be admissible in judicial proceedings unless both parties agree to their use. In a related case, State v. Santiago, the Fourth District Court ruled against admitting favorable polygraph results for the defendant, citing the supreme court's stance on the inadmissibility of such tests as a matter of law. The current court similarly quashed the lower orders and certified the question of whether polygraph test results are inadmissible in evidence as a matter of law or subject to the Frye standard.