Legal Opinion
United States v. Shevenell
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 31, 1970No. Crim. No. 70-17PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER
GIGNOUX, District Judge.
Roger Pierre Shevenell, Jr. was indicted for refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462(a) (1967). At his trial by the Court without a jury, his principal defense was that his Selective Service Board applied an erroneous legal standard in denying his request for classification as a conscientious objector. Sicurella v. United States, 348 U.S. 385, 75 S.Ct. 403, 99 L.Ed. 436 (1955). The relevant record consists of defendant’s Selective Service file as supplemented by…
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- John E. Bates v. Commander, First Coast Guard DistrictCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. BergDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1970