@article{ref1,
title="Felony conviction for spitting upheld on technical grounds",
journal="Aids policy and law",
year="1998",
author="",
volume="13",
number="10",
pages="2-2",
abstract="The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the felony conviction of an HIV-positive man who spat in the face of a police officer. The prosecution contended that in 1993, Jimmy Bird used saliva as a weapon against a police officer who had Bird in custody on a charge of disorderly conduct. Bird pleaded no contest to one count of felonious assault and was sentenced to a term of 3 to 15 years in prison. On appeal, Bird sought to have his conviction overturned based on the lack of medical evidence that HIV can be transmitted by saliva. A State appeals court ruled against Bird in 1996, and the Supreme Court upheld the ruling.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0887-1493",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}