Legal Opinion
People v. Shirley
California Supreme Court
Decided March 11, 1982No. Crim. 21775PublishedCited by 268 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
The principal question on this appeal is whether a witness may be allowed to testify after he has undergone hypnosis for the purpose of restoring his memory of the events in issue. The question is new to this court, but has been often litigated in our sister states and exten*23sively studied by medical science, In accord with recent and persuasive case law and the overwhelming consensus of expert opinion, we conclude that the testimony of such a witness should not be admitted in the courts of California.
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2Cases cited62 opinions
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- People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by268 opinions
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