UNITED STATES v. ADAMS

No. 30868.

449 F.2d 122 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie Robert ADAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Moore, Jr., Peter E. Rindskopf, George L. Howell, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Allen I. Hirsch, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted for violation of the Military Selective Service Act of 1967. He was sentenced to five years by Judge Real, sitting by designation.

While appellant held a II-S deferment, he went to his local board and requested a form 150 so that he could make out a conscientious objector's claim. His claim was based on his beliefs in the Islamic religion. The clerk had no such form available and implied that she would send him...

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