United States v. Bruce Ogilvie Irwin

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a jury conviction under 50 U.S.C.App. § 462(a) for willfully and knowingly failing to report for military induction. The trial court excluded certain evidence relating to defendant’s motives for not reporting and denied defendant’s requested charge on “willfully.” Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

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Bruce Ogilvie Irwin received from his local draft board a letter dated November 7,1972, ordering him to report for induction on December 8, 1972. A few days after receiving that letter, Irwin was arrested by local police in Bridgewater,…