PEOPLE v. ODAM

Nos. D028490, D029822.

82 Cal.Rptr.2d 184 (1999)

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Abigail ODAM, Defendant and Appellant. In re Abigail Odam, on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

Review Granted May 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fletcher & Patton and C. Bradley Patton, Carlsbad, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Raquel M. Gonzalez and Elizabeth S. Voorhies, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


McINTYRE, J.

A jury convicted Abigail Odam of one count of child endangerment (count 1), and five counts of practicing medicine without a license under circumstances which create a risk of great bodily harm or death (counts 2-6) in connection with her performing midwife services unauthorized by law on five separate occasions.

Odam appeals, contending that (1) she should have been prosecuted under the specific statutory scheme pertaining to midwifery (the Licensed...

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