United States v. Packer

The defendant was convicted for violation of 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 462 in failing to take the symbolic “one step forward” required for his induction into the armed forces. The government argues that he waived the claim to be classified as a conscientious objector, which he is now asserting, because he did not set it forth in his answer to the selective service questionnaire. He was, however, later given by his Draft Board a form to fill out for the statement of his claim. When the Board declined to reopen his classification, the Director of Selective Service of New York City wrote the Local…