Legal Opinion

Thomas Darrell Camp v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 26, 1969No. 25528_1PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Appellant Camp, a Jehovah’s Witness, was convicted of violating 50 U.S.C.A. App. § 462 for failure to report for civilian employment in lieu of military service. In the present appeal he vigorously assails that conviction on several grounds. We find all his contentions to be without merit and affirm.

First, Camp asserts that his challenges to the Grand Jury and the array of petit jurors should have been sustained on the ground that jury box list from which these bodies were chosen did not constitute a representative cross-section of the community. The basis for this…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. McKart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. Roy B. Kelly, Cecil v. Hagen and Milton J. ShuckCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
  4. Giordano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. John P. Tillman, Robert Barber Moore, Johnny C. Wilson, Larry Fox, Donald P. Stone and Michael W. Simmons v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969

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3Cited by72 opinions

  1. Granviel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  2. United States v. TestCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
  3. People v. SirhanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  4. United States v. ButeraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
  5. United States v. JamesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976

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