B. (§20.38) Generally Inadmissible
In 1980, the Supreme Court of Missouri held that testimony regarding polygraph test results is inadmissible “for lack of scientific reliability,” notwithstanding any stipulation of the parties regarding its admissibility. State v. Biddle, 599 S.W.2d 182, 185–91 (Mo. banc 1980). This decision was extended to civil cases in 1994 in Boling v. Boling, 887 S.W.2d 437, 400 (Mo. App. W.D. 1994), in which the court noted in a civil nonjury proceeding that the “inherent...
