Supreme Court of Illinois

In a criminal bench trial, the State may not present evidence relating to a witness' polygraph examination "for a limited purpose" if that purpose has not been established prior to the admission of the evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2002
• Published 01/06/2003

Judges

• Justice KILBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Yasemin Eken, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant., James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee G. Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry and Anne L. Asulin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.