State v. Sulman

On a jury trial the defendant, a licensed physician, was found guilty of attempting to procure an abortion in violation of the provisions of § 53-29 of the General Statutes, and he has appealed from the judgment rendered on the verdict. A decision as to one of the defendant’s many assignments of error is dispositive of the merits of his appeal.

The crime of which the defendant was convicted was committed in March, 1969. At the commencement of his trial, during the trial and on this appeal, the defendant has asserted the unconstitutionality of the statute pursuant to the provisions of which he…