Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerry Charles Rutherford
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1971No. 20137PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEVILLE, District Judge.
Defendant was indicted under 50 App. U.S.C. § 462(a) for failure to report for and submit to induction into the Armed Services of the United States. A jury returned a guilty verdict and his subsequent motion for judgment of acquittal was denied. We reverse the conviction on the grounds that there was and is no basis in fact disclosed in defendant’s Selective Service file to warrant a denial of his prima facie showing of entitlement to a conscientious objector status.
On May 13, 1968, substantially four years after his original registration under the Military Selective…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. John Douglas BroylesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- United States v. Craig Luther IversonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Curtis Allen HansonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Clifford August Thompson, Jr. v. United States of America, Plaintiff-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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