People v. Quintanar

STERNBERG, Judge.

The defendant, Barney Quintanar, was charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. Following a jury trial he was convicted of the latter offense and acquitted of the former. On appeal he asserts that reversal is required because two witnesses who testified against him had been rendered incompetent to testify by pretrial hypnotic sessions seeking to enhance the witnesses’ recollections. He also argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. We find no merit in his contentions and therefore affirm the conviction.

At trial, the prosecution’s…