Richardson v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

Appellant, Cecile Richardson, was convicted of the offense of abortion. KRS 436.020(2). She was sentenced to six years in the state reformatory. On appeal, she urges that: (1) Evidence obtained from her home by a search warrant was admitted improperly; (2) the whole law of the case was not given; (3) a mistrial should have been declared because certain inflammatory newspaper articles were available to the jury during the trial; and (4) the prosecuting attorney’s conduct during the trial and his closing argument were improper.

Appellant denied having performed an abortion and…