People v. Zoffel

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction finding her guilty of conspiring to commit illegal abortions, and from the trial court’s order denying her motion for a new trial. The same indictment charged her with the murder of Doris Alexander, the victim of an abortion. On this charge she was found not guilty. Her co-conspirator, as charged in the indictment, was one Clayton E. May, who was found guilty on both the conspiracy and murder counts. He has not appealed.

As disclosed by the indictment, it was the theory of the prosecution, so far as the conspiracy count is concerned, that May,…