Bill > SB281

This bill amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to prohibit the use of statements obtained through investigative hypnosis as evidence against a defendant in a criminal trial. Investigative hypnosis is defined as a technique that uses hypnosis to enhance a witness's memory of a legally relevant event. The bill specifies that this applies to any statements made during or after a hypnotic session, including courtroom testimony and pretrial identification procedures. However, the bill does not affect the admissibility of physical evidence or the testimony of witnesses that independently corroborates the crime.