Court Opinion

ID: 9598910
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:13:07.430385+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:43.258124
License: Public Domain

HOLOHAN, Chief Justice,
concurring and dissenting:
I concur in the affirmance of the sexual assault conviction, but I dissent from the reversal of the aggravated assault conviction.
While much has been written by this court on the subject of hypnotism, the facts of this case illustrate the absurd result caused by this court’s current rule on hypnotically developed recall. The testimony of the witness subjected to hypnotism was corroborated by an independent non-hypnotized witness. To cast aside the corroborated testimony of this victim and witness does more damage to our system than the phantom dangers described by the several opinions of this court on the subject.
I would affirm both convictions.