UNITED STATES v. VELEN

No. 17747.

437 F.2d 763 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven Robert VELEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

February 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Pontikes, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., Howard W. Hoffman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for appellee; John Peter Lulinski, Jeffrey Cole, Asst. U. S. Attys., of counsel.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and PELL, Circuit Judge, and REYNOLDS, District Judge.


REYNOLDS, District Judge.

Steven Robert Velen appeals from his conviction, by the court sitting without a jury, of the offense of failing to submit for induction into the armed services.

Appellant was initially classified 1-A by his local board. Thereafter he sought to obtain a conscientious objector classification. The local board denied that classification and Velen appealed. The denial of conscientious objector classification was sustained by the appeal...

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