Legal Opinion
United States v. John B. Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1965No. 16022_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant herein was in-dieted for failing to report for induction into the armed services of the United States after being ordered to do so by his local draft board. He was found guilty and sentenced to serve two years in the federal penitentiary.
The defense which appellant sought to advance at trial and seeks to rely on here was that his conduct was motivated by his adoption of the Islamic religion and that he notified his draft board of his desire to claim the status of conscientious objector as a result of the beliefs of his newly adopted faith.
Since we…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Richard Glenn Keene v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
- United States v. SchoebelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Richard William Boyd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- United States v. Charles Henry BeaverCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. MonroeDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1957
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Ehlert v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. David Arthur GeareyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- William McKinley Davis, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Steven Michael Oshatz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Al-Majied Muhammad, Formerly Known as Jeyone Peter WigginsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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