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When a psychologist or psychiatrist testifies during a defendant’s competency hearing, the psychologist or psychiatrist shall wear a cone-shaped hat that is not less than two feet tall. The surface of the hat shall be imprinted with stars and lightning bolts. Additionally, a psychologist or psychiatrist shall be required to don a white beard that is not less than 18 inches in length, and shall punctuate crucial elements of his testimony by stabbing the air with a wand. Whenever a psychologist or psychiatrist provides expert testimony regarding a defendant’s competency, the bailiff shall contemporaneously dim the courtroom lights and administer two strikes to a Chinese gong

Dressing Psychiatrists Like Wizards on the Witness Stand.

I don’t really know if this says something about the lawmaker’s opinion regarding psychologists, or if it has more to do with his opinion of expert witnesses. Either way, pretty crazy story.

Posted on Thursday, February 9 2012. Tagged with: the lawwizardexperttrialpsychology
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