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    STATE v. SHARP

    No. 47908.

    182 So.2d 517 (1966)

    248 La. 865

    STATE of Louisiana v. Ann Corrine SHARP.

    Supreme Court of Louisiana.

    Rehearing Denied February 23, 1966.


    Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

    Maurice R. Woulfe, Bernard E. Burk, New Orleans, for defendant and appellant.

    Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


    HAMITER, Justice.

    Ann Corrine Sharp was charged under LRS 14:87 with performing on February 23, 1963 an abortion upon a pregnant female by the use of an instrument and packing, for the purpose of procuring premature delivery of an embryo. Tried and convicted, she was sentenced to serve three years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. This appeal followed.

    The brief of defense counsel filed in this court asserts, and the record reflects, that during the...

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      225 U.S. 640 (1912)

      32 S.Ct. 702

      56 L.Ed. 1236

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      Supreme Court of United States.

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      Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

      Mr. Robert Dunlap, with whom Mr. Wm. R. Smith, Mr. Lee F. English, Mr. James L. Coleman and Mr. Gardiner Lathrop were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

      Mr. Joseph Stewart, with whom Mr. Assistant Attorney General John Q. Thompson, Mr. S.S. Ashbaugh and Mr. P.M. Cox were on the brief, for the United States.


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