Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Dr. Jesse Williams, II v. Peter Preiser, Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services of Thestate of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 9, 1974No. 356, Docket 73-1935PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT P. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
On October 24, 1966, Dr. Jesse Williams, II, a licensed physician, was convicted by a jury for manslaughter in the first degree under former New York Penal Law § 1050 1 McKinney’s Consol. Laws, c. 40, for the death of Miss Sara Carr following an abortion he performed upon her at his office. He was sentenced to 5 to 10 years imprisonment, and was released on parole in 1972.
At the time of the abortion, July 23, 1965, Miss Carr was in her second month of pregnancy. Death resulted from a series of seizures, the cause of which remains unknown. The medical examiner…
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