United States v. Simons

MAXWELL, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Donald Laird Simons, has moved to quash the indictment charging him with failure to submit to induction into the Armed Forces of the United States in violation of 50 U.S.C.A. App. § 462(a). Specifically, defendant urges that Local Board No. 14, Morgantown, West Virginia, gave insufficient consideration to his requests for classification as a minister of religion (IV-D) and a conscientious objector (I-O).

Initially, defendant was ordered to report for induction on May 12, 1969, but *694he successfully petitioned the State Director for postponement of the effective…