336 Pa. Super. 261 - Commonwealth v. Romanelli’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “whenever a person previously hypnotized is offered as a witness, the offering party must so advise the court, and show that the testimony to be presented was established and existed previous to any hypnotic process; that the person conducting the hypnotic session must be trained in the process and is neutral of any connection with the issue or the parties; and, the trial judge shall instruct the jury that the testimony of a witness previously hypnotized should be carefully scrutinized and received with caution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Romanelli

2. “[t]he victim of a crime who has a vivid and precise recollection of her attacker, who has observed him for a protracted period in broad daylight and possesses a clear, independent, mental image of her assailant’s appearance will not be rendered incompetent to testify when she finds again the man who attacked her merely because, in the interim, she subjected herself to nonsuggestive hypnosis.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 348 Pa. Super. 405 - Commonwealth v. DiNicola