CPL 160.45 · Article 160. Fingerprinting and Photographing of Defendant After Arrest--criminal Identification Records and Statistics
Polygraph tests; prohibition against
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§ 160.45 Polygraph tests; prohibition against.
1. No district attorney, police officer or employee of any law enforcement agency shall request or require any victim of a sexual assault crime to submit to any polygraph test or psychological stress evaluator examination.
2. As used in this section, "victim of a sexual assault crime" means any person alleged to have sustained an offense under article one hundred thirty or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law.
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