Legal Opinion
Ketchum v. Ward
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided November 5, 1976No. Civ-75-79PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIN, Chief Judge.
This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus by the petitioner, Dr. Jesse Ketchum, who was convicted of criminally negligent homicide on October 26, 1973, in Erie County Supreme Court, as a result of the death of a patient upon whom he had performed an abortion. 1 The conviction was affirmed without opinion by the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department. People v. Ketchum, 45 App.Div.2d 820, 358 N.Y.S.2d 353 (4th Dept. 1974). That order was affirmed by the New York Court of Appeals. People v. Ketchum, 35 N.Y.2d 740, 361 N.Y.S.2d 911 (1975). Application…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Orr v. SchaefferDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
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- State v. GouldMontana Supreme Court · 1985
- United States v. CianciulliDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
- Dreske v. Wisconsin Department of Health & Social ServicesDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1980
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