State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Lonny McDavitt, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division and reinstated the defendant's conviction, holding that a clear stipulation by the State and defendant makes polygraph test results admissible, that the prosecutor's reference to the test as "scientific evidence" and the jury instruction were not error, and that the surrebuttal testimony did not constitute plain error prejudice.