United States v. Kenneth James Brunges

Appellant was convicted and sentenced for failure to submit to induction into the armed forces in violation of 50 U.S. C. § 462. Appellant requested and was sent by the local board, a form 150 for application for conscientious objector status, but he neither completed nor returned the form to his local board. He contends he failed to do so because he was misled by the form 150. The form asked whether the registrant believed in a Supreme Being.

The appellant asserts that because he does not believe in the orthodox concept of a Supreme Being, he did not think he could qualify for classification…