United States v. Robert Edward Johnson

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

The only thing unusual about this direct criminal appeal from conviction for failing to obey a lawful order of a Selective Service Board (a violation of 50 U.S.C.A. App. § 462), is that the Defendant here overcame the well-established presumption of regularity and validity normally attaching to official acts of Selective Service Boards 1 and created a jury issue where usually there is none — and in fact, there really was none in this case (see note 21, infra). Since the Government was not. relying exclusively on the presumption and offered other probative evidence…