United States v. Jonathan Lippman Edwards

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction under 50 U.S.C. App. § 462 for refusal to submit to induction into the armed forces. In view of our finding that the procedures followed by appellant’s local board deprived him of his opportunity for full administrative review, we hold the induction order invalid and reverse the conviction.

Appellant first registered with his local board on June 10, 1968. He was classified II-A because of his enrollment at Wentworth Institute. On January 12, 1970, following his withdrawal from Wentworth, appellant was reclassified I-A, and on January…