Gerald Robert Sheridan v. United States

GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

In a trial to the court1 without a jury Gerald Robert Sheridan was convicted of failure to report for and submit to induction into the Armed Forces of the United States in violation of Title 50 U. S.C. App. § 462. He received a two-year sentence, with 18 months thereof suspended. A timely appeal followed.

Sheridan registered with Local Board No. 105 in Duluth, Minnesota, on March 28, 1969, and received a I-S-H classification at that time as he was still in high school. On June 21, 1969, he was classified I-A and was sent the usual notice of classification and notice of…