State v. Wyatt

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, C. J.:

Wyatt was charged with producing an abortion in violation *732of NRS 201.120. The abortee testified at the preliminary hearing, but her testimony was not corroborated. For this reason the district court subsequently granted Wyatt’s petition for habeas corpus. The State has appealed from that ruling.

The issue presented to us centers upon the meaning to be given NRS 175.250 (now 175.301) which precludes conviction following a trial unless the testimony of the woman is corroborated by other evidence.1 It is the State’s contention that such corroborative evidence…