Can a polygraph be submitted to the prosecutor after a criminal indictment in consideration of dropping the charge?

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by Grant St. Jullian III

April 11, 2016

Asked 4/9/2016 – Dallas, TX

Can a polygraph be submitted to the prosecutor after a criminal indictment in consideration of dropping the charge? Also, can my criminal defense attorney submit the polygraph into evidence if the case goes to trial?

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Your attorney can submit polygraph results to the District Attorney in your case; what the DA decides to do with it is anybody’s guess. Polygraph results are NOT admissible as evidence at trial.

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Grant St. Jullian III

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering – 1979 Univ. of Pennsylvania
Doctor of Jurisprudence 1982 University of Texas @ Austin
Licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas since 1982.

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