California Evidence Code

§ 795

EVID § 795 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 6 · Ch. 7

Statute text

(a)The testimony of a witness is not inadmissible in a criminal proceeding by reason of the fact that the witness has previously undergone hypnosis for the purpose of recalling events that are the subject of the witness’s testimony, if all of the following conditions are met:

(1)The testimony is limited to those matters that the witness recalled and related prior to the hypnosis.

(2)The substance of the prehypnotic memory was preserved in a writing, audio recording, or video recording prior to the hypnosis.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 381, Sec. 20. (SB 146) Effective January 1, 2012.