Legal Opinion

United States v. Russell Freeman

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 19, 1968No. 16125PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Freeman was convicted by the district court, without a jury of willfully refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces, 50 App. U.S.C. Sec. 462, and was sentenced to two years imprisonment. He has appealed. We reverse.

Freeman was classified 1-A in February, 1961, and received a Notice of Classification (SSS No. 110) which includes *248notice of the right to a personal appearance and to appeal. He did not appeal. After being ordered to report for physical examination he filed a Special Form for Conscientious Objector (SSS No. 150) requesting the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Falbo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  5. Alva Eugene Blalock v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957

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3Cited by75 opinions

  1. Mulloy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. James R. Nestor v. Lewis B. HersheyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  3. United States v. Claude James, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
  4. United States v. David Michael OwenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  5. William Creighton Vaughn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968

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