People v. Buffum

40 Cal.2d 709 (1953)

THE PEOPLE, Respondent,

v.

ROY L. BUFFUM et al., Appellants.

Crim. No. 5293.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Apr. 20, 1953.

Joseph A. Ball, Leonard Wilson and Robert P. Dockery for Appellants.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Stanford D. Herlick, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

Roy L. Buffum, a physician and surgeon, and Reginald L. Rankin were indicted for and convicted of violating section 182 of the Penal Code [fn. 1] in that they conspired to use certain means to induce miscarriages contrary to section 274. [fn. 2] Defendants appeal from the…