United States v. Lisandro Patricio Thorpe

Lisandro Patricio Thorpe appeals from his conviction for failing to report for induction into the Armed Forces in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462(a) (1970), entered on December 15, 1972, after a trial without á jury before Judge Judd in the Eastern District of New York. Thorpe claims that the conviction should be set aside because the Local Board erroneously classified him I-A. We reject this contention and affirm the conviction.

Thorpe registered with Local Board No. 48' of Brooklyn, New York, in March 1966. With one brief exception, appellant was deferred as a high school student or as a…