Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Mark Clark, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

February 15, 19841984 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 601

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the appellant's convictions because the State failed to prove the essential element that the defendant used a qualifying "instrument" under the Polygraph Examiners Act, and it upheld the constitutionality of the Act, finding it rationally related to a legitimate state interest and not vague or overbroad.