Legal Opinion

United States v. Andrew John Shomock

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 20, 1972No. 71-1694PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

The defendant-appellant Shomock was convicted of wilfully failing to submit to induction into the Armed Forces in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. Sec. 462(a). Motions for judgment of acquittal or for a new trial were denied and a sentence of three years imprisonment was imposed. Shomock has appealed. His Selective Service file is in evidence and shows that he registered with his Local Board in 1965. At that time he made no claim to being a conscientious objector. He was enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh and received a student deferment. Following…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Thorpe v. Housing Authority of DurhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Welsh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Ehlert v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. United States v. Joel ZiskowskiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
  2. Musser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. United States v. William Paul AliotoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
  4. United States v. David Emery SerfassCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
  5. United States v. CottonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1972

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