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State v. Collins

Citations

  • 464 A.2d 1028
  • 296 Md. 670
  • 1983 Md. LEXIS 282

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  • applying Frye - Reed test to hold that expert opinion about hypnotically enhanced witness testimony is inadmissible
  • examining a variety of articles and studies on hypnosis not contained in the record
  • applying Frye-Reed test to hold that expert opinion about -33- hypnotically enhanced witness testimony is inadmissible
  • declining to follow Hurd because of delay and confusion procedural safeguards would inject into judicial process and because court was \not satisfied that hypnotically enhanced testimony meets the Frye ... test\
  • declining to follow Hurd because of delay and confusion procedural safeguards would inject into judicial process and because court was \not satisfied that hypnotically enhanced testimony meets the Frye . . . test\
  • witness can testify in accordance with statements clearly demonstrated to have been made prior to hypnosis

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Judges: Murphy, Smith, Eldridge, Cole, Davidson, Rodowsky, Couch

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