Clarice A. Copes v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is from a conviction for attempted abortion. D.C.Code § 22-201 (1961).
The principal question raised is an evidentiary one. The complaining witness Jo Ann Copeland charged the appellant-defendant with having attempted an abortion on her, and testified in some detail about the alleged attempt and her removal to a hospital in a desperate condition. 1 On cross-examination- Mrs. Copeland was confronted with several prior inconsistent explanations which she admitted giving to various persons of the causes of her condition, e. g., that she had fallen down a…
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- Di Carlo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- United States v. Francis J. De SistoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- United States v. Allied Stevedoring Corp., John Ward, John Potter and Michael BowersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- People v. SingerNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- United States v. GrahamCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
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- Rease v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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