United States v. Douglas George Bean

ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Judge:

Douglas George Bean was convicted for refusing to submit to induction, in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462(a). His appeal asserts that the order to report for induction was void because it was mailed early.

Bean was born on October 16, 1951, and was classified I-A by his local board on July 14, 1970. On January 1, 1971, Bean became available for induction as a member of the First Priority Selection Group. However, his order to report for induction on January 26, 1971, was sent on December 22, 1970.

The government argues that since Bean’s reporting date was January 26,…