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STATE v. CLIFTON

531 P.2d 256 (1975)

STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. Brian Lee CLIFTON, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided January 30, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Hoover, Deputy Public Defendant, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Gary D. Babcock, Public Defender, Salem.

Thomas H. Denney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and W. Michael Gillette, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before O'CONNELL, C.J., and McALLISTER, HOLMAN, TONGUE, HOWELL, BRYSON and SLOPER, JJ.

TONGUE, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of murder for the killing of the manager of a Portland motel. He appeals upon the ground that the trial court erred in receiving in evidence a confession because it was not given voluntarily, but was produced by psychological coercion resulting from the use of a polygraph examination or "lie detector" test. The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction, Or. App., 99 Adv.Sh. 1763, 526 P.2d 495 (1974). We also affirm.

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