Legal Opinion
United States v. Mitchell
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 6, 1965No. Cr. 11486PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Chief Judge.
Defendant David Henry Mitchell, III, after a three day trial was convicted by a jury of wilful failure to report for induction in the armed forces of the United States, in violation of Section 12(a) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 462(a). He was sentenced, under 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a) (1), to not less than 18 months and not more than 5 years in prison and was fined ijSS.OOO. 1 His post-conviction motion for a judgment of acquittal or a new trial, supported on one issue by the New Haven Civil Liberties Council, was denied. He has appealed,…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Jacobson v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Michael Waldo Simmons v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Rendel v. MummertArizona Supreme Court · 1970
- H. Rap Brown v. Honorable Raymond Fogel, City Sergeant, Alexandria, VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Sam Joseph BattagliaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- James Carlock Babb v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
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