Legal Opinion
Lewis L. Wayne v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 4, 1963No. 16709PublishedCited by 432 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURGER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was indicted on two counts, the first for an attempted abortion terminating in death, and the second for attempted abortion. Tried before a jury, he presented no evidence and was found guilty on only the second count. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 2 to 6 years. The District Judge excluded as evidence certain medications claimed to be means of inducing the abortion under a ruling in a prior trial1 that these items were “fruit” of an unlawful entry due to policy failure to announce the purpose of their entry. Our disposition will require a more…
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3Cited by432 opinions
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