Russo v. Commonwealth

The defendant, Albert J. Russo, a medical doctor, was indicted for abortion performed on Phyllis Gaskins, in violation of § 18.1-62 of the Code. * A jury found him guilty as charged, fixed his punishment at five years in the penitentiary, and sentence was pronounced on him in accordance with the verdict.

On this appeal from the judgment of conviction, and under his assignments of error, the defendant contends that the “medical evidence” of induced abortion was not sufficient to support the verdict; that counsel for the Commonwealth made improper and prejudicial arguments; that inadmissible…