Legal Opinion
United States v. Wayne Nelson Berry
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1971No. 26880PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
Wayne Nelson Berry appeals from a conviction for violating 50 App. U.S.C. § 462(a): failing to report for civilian employment as ordered in lieu of induction into the armed forces. We affirm.
Berry was classified 1-0 (Conscientious Objector) by his local Board on May 20, 1968. Three days before he was ordered to report to the Board for instruction to proceed for civilian work at Western State Hospital in lieu of induction he wrote the Board requesting a ministerial classification (IV-D). He stated that he was devoting one hundred hours per month to field service activity for the Jehovah’s…
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