United States v. Larson

Opinion

Quinn, Chief Judge:

Before arraignment on a charge of wrongful disobedience of an order calculated to effect transfer to an overseas replacement station, the accused moved to dismiss the charge on the ground he had been deprived of “due process” in the processing of his application for discharge as a conscientious objector. The motion was denied. Later, the accused requested an instruction to the court members that “a finding of not guilty must be returned” if they determined that a particular procedure provided by Army Regulation 635-20 for processing of an application for discharge as…