Legal Opinion
People v. Tinskey
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided September 25, 1973No. Docket 11582PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDanhof, P. J.
Defendants Gerald W. Tinskey and John F. Williams, along with two other defendants not involved in this appeal, were convicted by a jury of the offense of conspiracy to commit abortion, in violation of MCLA 750.14; MSA 28.204 and MCLA 750.157a; MSA 28.354(1). On April 15, 1971, the defendants were sentenced to terms of ten months in the Kent County Jail.
Defendants’ first contention is that there can be no guilt of the crime of conspiracy to commit abortion because of the impossibility of the actual commission of the abortion. This impossibility derives from the fact that the woman on whom the…
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