United States v. Ross Cabell Hill

SWAIM, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was tried and convicted of willfully violating the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C. A.Appendix, §§ 451-473, by refusing to be inducted into the armed forces; he was sentenced to three years imprisonment.

In this appeal, as in his trial, the defendant is seriously hampered by his refusal to be represented by legal counsel. He pleaded his own case at the trial, and ■ on appeal his mother addressed the court briefly in his behalf. In consideration of the defendant’s lack of legal representation we have not limited ourselves to the…