United States v. Alan R. Mount

Alan R. Mount has appealed his conviction of refusing to submit to induction. (50 U.S.C. App. § 462). We reverse.

Before being ordered to report for induction, Mount had duly filed a Form 150 seeking reclassification from 1-A to 1-0 (conscientious objector), his local board had denied reclassification without explanation, and the appeal board had sustained that action.

In United States v. Haughton, 413 F.2d 736 (9 Cir., 1969) this court reversed the conviction of a registrant whose claim for conscientious objector status was similarly rejected. We held that “The local board must state the…