Reynaldo Alberto Peña v. Texas
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Whether admission of inculpatory statements from a polygraph examination without context violates a defendant's constitutional rights to a fair trial
If a Trial Court admitted into evidence inculpatory statements made by a defendant during the post -interview portion of a polygraph examination, but exclude d all evidence relating to the circumstances surrounding the defendant’s inculpatory statements , wouldn’t that deprive a defendant of his fundamental Constitutional right to a fair opportunity to present a defense , both under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and under the Compulsory Process and Confrontation Clauses of the Sixth Amendment ? Reynaldo Alberto Peña Petition for Writ of Certiorari iii