PEOPLE v. MORRIS

Docket No. 4747.

110 Cal.App.2d 469 (1952)

243 P.2d 66

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLIFFORD JONES MORRIS et al., Defendants; PAUL R. DEGASTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

April 22, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everett W. Leighton and Lionel Richman for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Dan Kaufmann, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


WOOD (Parker), J.

Defendants Morris and DeGaston were accused of the crimes of abortion and conspiracy to commit an abortion. During the trial by jury the information was dismissed as to Morris, and he was called as a witness by the plaintiff. DeGaston was convicted on both counts. He appeals from the judgments and the order denying his motion for a new trial.

Appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient; the corpus delicti as to each charge was not...

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