TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 27

EXECUTION

19-2713.  Proceedings when female supposed to be pregnant. If there is good reason to suppose that a female against whom a judgment of death is rendered is pregnant, the sheriff of the county, with the concurrence of the judge of the court by which the judgment was rendered, may summon a jury of three (3) physicians to inquire into the supposed pregnancy. Immediate notice thereof must be given to the prosecuting attorney of the county, and the provisions of sections 19-2710, 19-2711 apply to the proceedings upon the inquisition.

History:

[(19-2713) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 462, p. 269; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 8017; C.S., sec. 9060; I.C.A., sec. 19-2613.]