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Johnson v. Aetna Insurance Company

183 S.E.2d 85, 124 Ga. App. 112, 1971 Ga. App. LEXIS 833
Court of Appeals of Georgia·Decided June 22, 1971·No. 46048·Published·Cited by 7 cases

Opinion

Bell, Chief Judge.

1. Three written statements made and subscribed to by each of the defendants were admitted in evidence over their objection. All of the statements contain admissions against their interests. The objection made was that the admis *113 sions were made because of the results of lie detector tests. It appears from the transcript that while each of the defendants took lie detector examinations, the results of the examinations were never offered in evidence. It has been held in Salisbury v. State, 221 Ga. 718 (146 SE2d 776) that the results of a lie detector examination are not admissible. However, that holding cannot be extended to cover admissions which are otherwise competent and admissible simply because the admissions were given after the taking of lie detector tests.

Argued March 1, 1971 Decided June 22, 1971. J. L. Jordan, for appellants. Shoob, McLain & Jessee, Robert P. Wilson, for appellee.

2. All other enumerations of error were abandoned.

Judgment affirmed.

Pannell and Deen, JJ., concur.

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Johnson v. Aetna Insurance Company, 183 S.E.2d 85, 124 Ga. App. 112, 1971 Ga. App. LEXIS 833 (Ga. Ct. App. 1971).

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