United States v. Robert Loren Weaver

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

Robert Loren Weaver, defendant-appellant, was convicted on an indictment charging his willful refusal to report for induction into the Armed Services in violation of 50 App. U.S.C. § 462. On appeal, Weaver urges that his conviction be reversed because his local board failed to state reasons for its rejection of his claim of conscientious objection. We must also decide whether this issue is foreclosed by Weaver’s failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

The events leading to the instant conviction began on October 14, 1969, when Weaver was classified I-A by his local…