Commonwealth v. Colihan

*252FINDINGS OF FACT, RULINGS OF LAW AND MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS THE TESTIMONY OF LINDA DIXON

ABRAMS, J.

The issue before this Court is the admissibility of the testimony of Linda Dixon, who on February 1,1980, underwent hypnosis approximately three hours after having given a statement to a Boston police detective incriminating the defendant as a suspect in the murder of Susan Rose.

Although counsel for the defendant agrees that Linda Dixon gave very little additional information while under hypnosis than that which she said in her prior statements to the police, he…