United States v. Awkard

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1979-04-23

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GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: Five defendants, convicted of a prison murder, appeal. They assert, among other assignments, that the court erred in permitting a government witness to testify about events recalled only after hypnosis, and in permitting the medical expert who hypnotized the witness to testify in a manner prejudicial to the defendants. The government witness, Hackney, was one of several inmates who had s…

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