UNITED STATES v. EDWARDS

No. 71-1112.

450 F.2d 49 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jonathan Lippman EDWARDS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. S. Flym, Cambridge, Mass., for appellant.

Robert B. Collings, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Herbert F. Travers, Jr., U. S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction under 50 U.S.C. App. § 462 for refusal to submit to induction into the armed forces. In view of our finding that the procedures followed by appellant's local board deprived him of his opportunity for full administrative review, we hold the induction order invalid and reverse the conviction.

Appellant first registered with his local board on June 10, 1968. He was classified II-A because of his...

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