Legal Opinion
United States v. Joe Corona Valdez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1984No. 82-1700PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
We consider the admissibility of an identification of the defendant made by a law enforcement officer after undergoing hypnosis. The officer had seen the defendant á number of times during the investigation and knew him to be a suspect but had previously been unable to identify him. Under hypnosis the officer identified the defendant as the person he had earlier seen at the scene of the crime. He later identified the defendant in court. We hold that it was improper to admit his post-hypnotic testimony.
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