United States v. James Lee Saunders

SOBELOFF, Senior Circuit Judge:

In November, 1971, James Lee Saunders was indicted under Title 50 Appendix U.S.C. § 462(a) on two related charges — making a false statement in support of a selective service classification claim and refusing to report for induction.

Saunders was tried without a jury in the District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina and found not guilty of making the false statement but guilty of refusal to report for induction. He was sentenced to three years in prison.

Appellant contends he was denied procedural due process in the consideration of his application…