UNITED STATES v. PONTO

No. 18396.

454 F.2d 647 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard Victor PONTO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

July 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., Richard F. Sprague, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., John Peter Lulinski, Jeffrey Cole, Asst. U. S. Attys., Assisted by: Lawrence Levin, Legal Intern., of counsel, for appellant.

Gerald M. Werksman, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and KERNER and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Richard Victor Ponto, was indicted for failure to submit to induction into the Armed Forces. 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. After hearings before the district court but prior to trial, the judge granted the defendant's motion alternatively requesting the court "to dismiss the indictment or for a directed judgment of acquittal." The government appeals.

The defendant, who was living with his wife and child, had been classified...

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