{"id":2238,"date":"2020-05-28T11:20:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T16:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=2238"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:30:12","slug":"wisconsin-court-of-appeals-throws-out-post-polygraph-confession-on-grounds-of-coercion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/28\/wisconsin-court-of-appeals-throws-out-post-polygraph-confession-on-grounds-of-coercion\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Court of Appeals Throws Out Post-Polygraph Confession on Grounds of Coercion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/litigation\/vice\/wisconsin-v-vice-court-of-appeals-decision-2020-05-19.pdf\">19 May 2020 ruling<\/a>, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld the suppression of a post-polygraph confession in the child molestation case of <em>Wisconsin<\/em> v. <em>Adam W. Vice<\/em> (2018AP2220-CR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2016, Vice was accused of sexually molesting a four-year-old girl. Questioned by Washburn County Sheriff&#8217;s Department investigator William Fisher, Vice &#8220;denied any wrongdoing and asked Fisher if there was anything he could do to clear his name.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ryan-lambeseder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" src=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ryan-lambeseder-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ryan-lambeseder-1024x649.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ryan-lambeseder-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ryan-lambeseder-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ryan-lambeseder.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Polygraph Operator Ryan Lambeseder<br \/>(2016 Eau Claire <em>Leader-Telegram<\/em> photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fisher arranged for Vice to submit to a polygraph &#8220;test&#8221; conducted by Ryan Lambeseder of  the Eau Claire Police Department. Vice &#8220;failed&#8221; the polygraph and ultimately confessed during a post-polygraph interrogation jointly conducted by Lambeseder and Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wisconsin Court of Appeals concluded (at para. 72 of its decision) that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8230;the totality of the circumstances here evidences that the officers improperly used coercive methods and strategies to overcome Vice&#8217;s ability to resist including: (1) making numerous, repeated references to the polygraph results throughout the entire course of the post-polygraph interview; (2) repeatedly asserting that those results showed Vice\u2014who claimed not to remember the assault\u2014did remember it; (3) failing to correct Vice&#8217;s statement that he must have assaulted the victim because the test said he did; and (4) failing to inform Vice that the test results would be inadmissible in any criminal proceedings against him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court goes on to state (at para. 81): &#8220;&#8230;we caution law enforcement officers that if they plan to rely on polygraph results in order to elicit a defendant&#8217;s confession, they need to inform the defendant that those results are inadmissible in court.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gretchen Schuldt of the Wisconsin Justice Initiative reports on the ruling in a 26 May 2020 UrbanMilwaukee.com article titled, <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmilwaukee.com\/2020\/05\/26\/court-watch-appeals-court-nixes-post-polygraph-confession\/\">&#8220;Appeals Court Nixes Post-Polygraph Confession.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also the Wisconsin State Public Defender <em>On Point<\/em> blog post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispd.gov\/2020\/05\/defense-win-coa-affirms-suppression-of-confession-given-after-polygraph-exam\/\">&#8220;Defense win! COA affirms suppression of confession given after polygraph exam,&#8221;<\/a> which includes a link to other filings in this case and a comment by Vice&#8217;s attorney, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredbechtoldlaw.com\">Frederick A. Bechtold<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for an example of a federal case where a post-polygraph confession was suppressed, see our 2016 article, <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/26\/federal-judge-throws-out-fbi-post-polygraph-confession-over-concerns-about-voluntariness\/\">Federal Judge Throws Out FBI Post-Polygraph Confession Over Concerns About Voluntariness<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a 19 May 2020 ruling, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld the suppression of a post-polygraph confession in the child molestation case of Wisconsin v. Adam W. Vice (2018AP2220-CR). In 2016, Vice was accused of sexually molesting a four-year-old girl. 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