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Disclosure of the Use of Hypnosis
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If a witness has been hypnotized prior to trial, this fact
should be
disclosed to the court and the defendant. In many cases the
government will
be required under 18 U.S.C. 3500 to produce all of the witness's
prior
statements as Jencks material. See United States
v.
Miller, 411 F.2d 825 (2d Cir. 1969), and United States v.
Adams,
supra, at 198. But see United States v.
Awkard,
supra (raising fact of hypnosis, and expert witness's
testimony
bolstering accurateness of hypnotically refreshed testimony, prior
to
testimony or defense challenge).
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