Smith's Criminal Case Compendium
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Evidence
Arrest, Search, and Investigation
Criminal Offenses
Drug Offenses
State v. Sanders, 201 N.C. App. 631 (Jan. 5, 2010)
The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying the defendant’s mistrial motion made after the State twice violated a court order forbidding any mention of polygraph examinations. The court disapproved of the State’s action in submitting to the jury unredacted exhibits containing references to a polygraph examination but noted that the exhibits did not contain any evidence of the results of such examination.