UHLENHOPP, Justice.
This appeal from denial of postconviction relief questions the validity of a verdict where, without the knowledge of either party, a witness was hypnotized before testifying in the prior trial.
In 1972 petitioner Donald Lawson was convicted and sentenced for second-degree murder. In 1976 he commenced the present postconviction proceeding, claiming in part that a witness in the murder trial had been hypnotized. Section 663A.2 of the Code...
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