Legal Question in Criminal Law in Colorado
can you have a police officer take a lie dectector test to prove they are telling the truth?
Asked on 7/04/11, 6:45 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Daniel Fenaughty
FENAUGHTY & ASSOCIATES, PC
Witnesses, whether they are for the defense or the prosecution, cannot be forced to take a polygraph test to support their testimony. Defendants, following a conviction for a sex offense, can be forced to submit to polygraph examination during treatment. Defendants are allowed to volunteer for polygraph examination, but they cannot be forced to submit to such.
Answered on 7/05/11, 12:40 pm
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