Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Edelin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 17, 1976PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
On October 3,1973, the defendant Dr. Kenneth Edelin, Chief Resident in obstetrics and gynecology at Boston City Hospital, performed an abortion by hysterotomy on a seventeen year old, unmarried woman, she and her mother having requested an abortion and consented to the operation. For his conduct in connection with the operation, Dr. Edelin was indicted for manslaughter, and convicted after trial. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and from the trial judge’s refusal of a new trial.1
*499All six Justices who heard the appeal, holding that there was error in the proceedings at trial, vote to…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Doe v. BoltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. DanforthSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- In Re RuffaloSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by19 opinions
- In the Matter of SpringMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. WhiteheadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. GolstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. CassMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. GodinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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