Legal Opinion
United States v. Frank Michael Garrity, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1970No. 20118PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
The defendant Frank Michael Garrity, Jr., was convicted in a jury trial for failing to comply with an order to report for and submit to induction in the Armed Forces of the United States in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. A sentence of five years imprisonment was imposed. On appeal he contends his induction order was erroneous and void, the trial court erred on evidentiary matters and on instructions, and the Vietnam War is illegal.
Aside from the political question raised as to the legality of the draft and the current war operations in Vietnam and elsewhere,…
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