Legal Opinion

State v. Dore

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided February 14, 1955No. 42134PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Electa Dore, having been charged by indictment with unlawfully committing “the offense of abortion for the .purpose of procuring premature delivery of the embryo by the use of an instrument on a pregnant female * * *" in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:87, is appealing from ■her conviction and sentence to serve three years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary, relying for reversal on numerous bills of exception taken to the rulings of the trial judge. Of the twenty-one bills reserved, six have been abandoned and fifteen are now urged; however, the conclusion…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. BordeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
  2. State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
  3. State v. FletcherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
  4. State v. HatawaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1918
  5. State v. MenardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
  2. State v. MelerineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
  3. Rosen v. Louisiana State Board of Medical ExaminersDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1970
  4. State v. MelerineSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
  5. State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989

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