UNITED STATES v. PURVIS

No. 72, Docket 32187.

403 F.2d 555 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jeffrey Hale PURVIS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 14, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Greenawalt, New York City (Raymond T. Munsell, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Jerome C. Ditore, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Joseph P. Hoey, U. S. Atty., for the Eastern District of New York, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MOORE, FRIENDLY and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Jeffrey Hale Purvis appeals from a judgment of conviction and a sentence of three years in prison by Judge Matthew T. Abruzzo of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York for violating section 12(a) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act,1 50 U.S.C. App. § 462(a), by refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces. Appellant's refusal was based upon his claim that...

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