Paul Brown Maynard v. United States

VON DER HEYDT, District Judge.

Appellant, a Jehovah’s Witness, was placed in Selective Service Class I-A by both his local Selective Service Board and an Appeal Board, despite his claim to be a conscientious objector. When called for service, he refused to be inducted. This led to his conviction under 50 U.S.C. App. § 462 (Supp. Ill, 1968) and a sentence of three years imprisonment. He urges on appeal that there was no basis in fact for the Board’s refusal to classify him as a conscientious objector, and therefore the conviction must be reversed.

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