Donald Wickstrom was convicted of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend and mother resulting in severe fetal distress. The female child delivered had no signs of life, and Wickstrom was charged with felony murder, assault, and criminal abortion. The felony murder charge was dismissed, and the criminal abortion charge was amended to a violation of subdivision 1 of the statute. Wickstrom was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to 107.5 months in prison. The court analyzed the interpretation of Minn. Stat. § 145.412, subd. 3, which prohibits performing an abortion when the fetus is potentially viable unless certain conditions are met, including that it is performed in a hospital.
State v. Wickstrom (1987)
Minnesota Court of Appeals
405 N.W.2d 1
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