United States v. Bryan L. Cohen

Bryan L. Cohen appeals from a judgment of conviction of refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462(a). After a non-jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Inzer B. Wyatt found appellant guilty and imposed a two-year sentence, two months of which were to be served in jail. 1 For reasons set forth below, we affirm the conviction.

Cohen registered with the Selective Service System in 1966, and from Octo ber 1967 until he was reclassified in September 1972, he was deferred as a student. In the…