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STATE v. CONTRERAS

Nos. 6266, 6408.

674 P.2d 792 (1983)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Joseph CONTRERAS, Respondent. Ricky Glen GRUMBLES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

December 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Anne Henry, Asst. Dist. Atty., Larry R. Weeks, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, and Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner in No. 6266 and respondent in No. 6408.

Susan Orlansky, Asst. Public Defender and Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for respondent in No. 6266 and petitioner in No. 6408.

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ.

OPINION

SINGLETON, Judge.

These consolidated cases present a single question: whether the complaining witness to a crime, who prior to trial has been hypnotized to refresh her recollection, is incompetent to testify at trial to a subsequent eyewitness identification of her assailant. We hold that hypnotism prior to trial does not per se render such a witness incompetent. See A.R.E. 601.

I. PROCEEDINGS IN TRIAL COURT

A. CONTRERAS...

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