United States v. Barry Allen Bruckman

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

Bruckman appeals from his conviction, after a bench trial, of violating the Military Selective Service Act 2 by knowingly and wilfully failing in his duty under § 462(a) 3 to inform his draft board of a change in his “military status,” as required under 32 C.F.R. 1641.7(a), 4 after receiving notice that the Board had reclassified him from I-A to I-D on the basis of false information that he had become a member of the Illinois National Guard. We affirm the conviction.

Viewed most favorably to the government, the evidence shows that in February, 1968 Bruekman paid Captain…