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CONTRERAS v. STATE

No. S-230.

718 P.2d 129 (1986)

Joseph CONTRERAS and Ricky Glen Grumbles, Petitioners, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied May 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Orlansky, Asst. Public Defender, Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for petitioner Contreras.

Donald W. McClintock, Baily & Mason, Anchorage, for petitioner Grumbles.

David Mannheimer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Special Prosecution and Appeals, Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for respondent.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

When a witness is hypnotized by the police in an effort to identify a suspect, is the witness' subsequent testimony at trial, as to facts and recollections adduced during hypnosis, admissible evidence? The court of appeals held that hypnosis did not render a witness incompetent to testify as to matters adduced during hypnosis, and that hypnotically generated statements or recollections could be admissible in evidence. ...

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