STATE v. ALEXANDER

Nos. A-11423, A-11433.

364 P.3d 458 (2015)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner & Cross-Respondent, v. Thomas Henry ALEXANDER, Respondent & Cross-Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

December 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane L. Wendlandt , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Michael C. Geraghty , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Petitioner.

Sharon Barr , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Respondent.

Gordon L. Vaughan , Vaughan & DeMuro, Colorado Springs, Colorado, for amicus curiae American Polygraph Association.

Before: MANNHEIMER, Chief Judge, ALLARD, Judge, and HANLEY, District Court Judge.


OPINION

The defendant in this case, Thomas Henry Alexander, is facing trial for sexual abuse of a minor. The superior court has granted Alexander's motion to introduce evidence that he took a polygraph examination, and that the polygraph examiner concluded that there was a high likelihood that Alexander was being...

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