
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 3, 1994                   TAG: 9405040013
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                 LENGTH: Short

SUPREME COURT REJECTS INFERTILITY DOCTOR'S APPEAL

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down the appeal of a Northern Virginia infertility doctor found guilty of using his own sperm to inseminate women and tricking others into believing they were pregnant.

The court rejected Cecil B. Jacobson's appeal without comment.

Jacobson argued that he was convicted of fraud and perjury merely because prosecutors convinced a jury that his medical theories were wrong. He also contended his trial judge should not have allowed some prosecution witnesses to testify anonymously.

Those witnesses testified that they never would have let Jacobson inseminate them if they knew he was using his own sperm. A Jacobson, who

practiced in Vienna, Va., was convicted of 52 counts of fraud and perjury in 1992. He was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $116,805 in fines and restitution. Federal prosecutors said Jacobson may have

fathered as many as 75 children by insemination.

by CNB