LEWIS v. COMMONWEALTH


332 S.W.2d 656 (1959)

Gerald LEWIS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence S. Hail, Joe E. Caylor, Somerset, George Bertram, Campbellsville, for appellant.

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., John B. Browning, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

Appellant, Dr. Gerald Lewis, was indicted of wilful murder as denounced by KRS 435.040. He was accused of performing an illegal abortion upon Mrs. Katherine Dobbs which resulted in her death. Upon trial he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to prison for a term of two years.

Inasmuch as one of the several grounds urged for reversal is that the court erred in failing to direct a verdict of acquittal, it is appropriate...

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