Legal Opinion
People v. Nisonoff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 28, 1944PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
Appellants, who were licensed physicians, have been convicted of manslaughter in the first degree. The crime charged was that they performed an illegal abortion upon one Madylon McGeehan resulting in peritonitis from which she died. A review of the record satisfies us that the guilt of the defendants was established by the overwhelming weight of the evidence. The principal assignment of error upon this appeal is that these defendants were prejudiced at the trial by the receipt of incompetent evidence.
It is our view that even if the evidence complained of was improperly received the…
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