MAYNARD v. UNITED STATES

No. 22887.

409 F.2d 505 (1969)

Paul Brown MAYNARD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Tietz (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Larry S. Flax (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert L. Brosio, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES and CARTER, Circuit Judges, and VON DER HEYDT, District Judge.


VON DER HEYDT, District Judge.

Appellant, a Jehovah's Witness, was placed in Selective Service Class I-A by both his local Selective Service Board and an Appeal Board, despite his claim to be a conscientious objector. When called for service, he refused to be inducted. This led to his conviction under 50 U.S.C. App. § 462 (Supp. III, 1968) and a sentence of three years imprisonment. He urges on appeal that there was no basis in fact for the Board's refusal to...

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