An innocent woman is slain by a bullet from the gun of Officer Joe Gilland, who was chasing illegal alien Wing Kom Po: Wing's pregnant wife. My Lin, enters the country unaware that she is carrying a cache of narcotics for her husband, who is slain in a doublecross, leaving her and her baby at the mercy of his wicked cousin, Hoanh An; when Hoanh An tries to sell her baby, My Lin kills the evil woman.

Lou Pellegrino, defending My Lin on a murder charge, is stunned when prosecutor Ken Dutton produces damaging evidence contradicting the woman's claim that she was forced to kill to save the life of her child.

Pellegrino seriously considers giving up the law when a man he successfully defended on a robbery charge becomes a murderer; Dr. Carson fights Dr. Judith Bergstrom, hospital regulations and a prominent physician to save a child's life.