United States v. Melvin Alton Haynes

Melvin Haynes was charged with three counts of violating the Military Selective Service Act of 1967, 50 App. U.S.C. § 462: (1) knowing failure to report for induction; (2) knowing failure to report for an Armed Forces physical examination; and (3) knowing failure to keep the local board informed of his current address.

The district judge dismissed counts (1) and (2). Haynes was found guilty by a jury of count (3), and was sentenced under the Youth Corrections Act.

Appellant first registered with his local selective service board on June 15, 1970. At that time, he listed a Reids-ville, North…