Comment on Polygraph excluded from trial of mother accused of killing infant

A motion to admit polygraph test results as evidence in the manslaughter trial of Miranda Hopkins of Troy, who is accused of killing her 7-week-old baby in January, was denied Friday by a judge in Waldo County Superior Court in Belfast. Hopkins’ lawyer, Laura Shaw, filed a motion in August to have the results of polygraph tests allowed as evidence at trial, showing that Hopkins did not kill her infant son. Jury selection in the trial is scheduled to begin Thursday. Shaw filed the motion to admit the test and its results as they “overwhelmingly demonstrated” that Hopkins was innocent, according to court documents.