Legal Opinion
Hightower v. State of Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 13, 1945No. Criminal No. 950PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Superior Judge.
Nathaniel D. Hightower, the defendant, was informed against by the county attorney of Maricopa County for the crime of murder in the second degree in Count One and for the crime of abortion in Count Two.
The defendant, at the time of the alleged offense, was a duly licensed and practicing physician in Maricopa County, Arizona. Viola Pickens Stiles, a married woman, whom the state claims was pregnant with child, received medical treatment from the defendant and soon thereafter died. He was tried and acquitted of the crime of murder and found guilty of the crime of abortion.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. ColtrinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- Lawrence v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1925
- People v. DarbyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
- Riley v. State of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1937
- McDaniels v. State of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1945
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- State v. RoseArizona Supreme Court · 1978
- Vo v. Superior CourtCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1992
- State v. VallejosArizona Supreme Court · 1960
- Bohmfalk v. VaughanArizona Supreme Court · 1960
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