Prosecutors and lawyers for the victims laid out a vivid case during a month of testimony that began March 19.
Many had been in the courtroom through seven days of testimony that included video surveillance and graphic autopsy photos.
MR. DUNNE understands all that, now that he has sat through five tedious days of testimony that included arcana about the corruptibility of digital audio recordings.
The vote ended months of political hubbub around the state Supreme Court and three weeks of testimony that aired many of the court's internal dynamics.
"He didn't confess to anything," Mr. Taub said, adding that the judge should be skeptical of testimony that came at no cost to Lorenzo Branch.
The 6-to-1 ruling from state's highest court allows New Jersey to join 26 other states that limit the admissibility of testimony that is extracted under hypnosis.
Barbara Sheehan refused to hold the guns she allegedly used to shoot her husband, Raymond, in 2008 during a day of testimony that included her son describing Mr. Sheehan as an abusive, terrifying man.
Making a favorable deal with Mr. Iksil appears to have been the price for getting the type of testimony that can support charges of fraud and making false statements.
Page A16 NEXT PHASE OF JACKSON TRIAL The prosecution rested its case in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's physician, after almost a month of testimony that provided a gloomy look at the pop star's final days.
The verdict came after four days of testimony that was notable for how Ohio investigators analyzed hundreds of text messages from more than a dozen cellphones and created something like a real-time accounting of the assault.
That groundswell of testimony that has empowered women to speak publicly about sexual harassment and abuse is posing challenges about how best to have a national conversation about a subject that previously lingered in the shadows.
