United States v. William E. Turner

OPINION OF THE COURT

FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction and sentence to imprisonment for a term of five years for wilful failure to submit to induction into the Armed Forces in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. He claims he was denied due process by the refusal of his local selective service board to reopen his 1-A classification and consider his claim to conscientious objector status before he was called for induction.

The Selective Service Regulations recognize that “no classification is permanent” (32 C.F.R. § 1625.1). They therefore provide for the reopening and…