State v. Johnston

Having exhaustively examined the record and the issues raised by appellant in the cases before us, it is the decision of this court that the judgments of the court of appeals should, to the extent described herein, be affirmed in part, modified in part, and reversed in part. In the following analysis, we address each case in turn.

No. 86-1547

I

In its first proposition of law, the state contends that the testimony of one of its witnesses, Steven R. Rine, who had been hypnotized prior to trial, was competent, credible and admissible. The court of appeals held that Rine’s testimony had not been…