Henry Duval Gregory IV v. United States

Appellant was convicted of wilfully and knowingly failing and neglecting “to perform a duty required of him” under the Military Training and Service Act of 1967 (50 App. U.S.C. § 462) in that he refused to submit to induction into the Armed Forces of the United States.

The facts essential to a determination of this appeal are these: Appellant twice returned to his local draft board at Roanoke, Virginia, his Notice of Classification, the second time partially burned. On November 3, 1967, he was declared delinquent “for failure to have your classification card in your possession.” On November…