Commonwealth v. Nazarovitch

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• holding hypnotically-refreshed testimony inadmissible where the witness had no recollection of relevant facts prior to hypnosis
• finding the literature disparate and contradictory and noting an inability of experts to agree upon a universal symptomology for sexual abuse
• excluding hypnotically refreshed testimony as lacking general acceptance in the relevant scientific community
• \[A]ny means by which evidence is scientifically adduced must satisfy the standard established in Frye. \
• hypnosis as a forensic tool was not generally accepted by the authorities, and reliability of hypnotically-refreshed testimony was not established, so such testimony was not admissible
• hypnosis as a forensic tool was not generally accepted by the authorities, and reliability of hypnotically-refreshed testimony was not established, so such testimony was not admissible

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