United States v. Maurice Raymond Turcotte

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Maurice Raymond Turcotte, Jr. was convicted of knowingly and wilfully refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States, in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. 1 The district court sentenced him to a three-year suspended sentence and a two-year probation period with the special condition that he serve two years’ alternative service. Turcotte contended that his I— A classification was invalid because he was entitled to exemption from military training and service due to his conscientious objection to participation in war in any form. 2

Turcotte’s…