House v. State

445 So.2d 815 (1984)

Ladd Herbert HOUSE, III, Appellant

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 54007.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 25, 1984.

Lisa P. Dodson, Hopkins, Logan & Vaughn, Gulfport, for appellant.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Frankie Walton White, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

We today consider for the first time the use in aid of a criminal prosecution of testimony adduced through hypnosis. For the reasons described below, we hold that the hypnotist may not testify as to facts…