Robert Lawrence Dillon v. United States

KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in a non-jury trial for willful refusal to submit to induction into the Armed Forces of the United States in violation of Title 50, U.S.C. App. § 462 (a). His sentence of 18 months was suspended on condition that he obtain work of national importance and pay a fine.

Appellant registered with the Selective Service System on November 25, 1964, shortly after his 18th birthday. Originally granted a student deferment, he was ultimately classified in 1-A-O, 1 following the filing of Form 150 in which he specifically requested that…