KNIGHT v. UNITED STATES

No. 26492.

417 F.2d 325 (1969)

Wayman David KNIGHT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Edward Goodwin, Atlanta, Ga. (court-appointed) for appellant.

Charles L. Goodson, U. S. Atty., Charles B. Lewis, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and FULTON, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, a member of the religious sect known as Jehovah's Witnesses, has appealed his conviction by a jury for violation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.App. § 462, by refusal to submit to induction as ordered by his local draft board.

On December 12, 1963, his local board classified him IV-D (ministerial) as a full-time Regular Pioneer Minister of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses...

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