UNITED STATES v. JOYCE

No. 18335.

437 F.2d 740 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robinson JOYCE, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

January 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Fain, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Richard L. Rosenfield, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for refusal to submit to induction into the Armed Forces in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. After a bench trial, the court held that the defendant did not qualify for classification as a conscientious objector, and therefore found him guilty and imposed a three-year sentence. We reverse.

Defendant is a 24-year-old Negro who was classified I-A on November 17, 1965, after terminating his schooling...

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