UNITED STATES v. WEBB

No. 71-1714.

467 F.2d 1041 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martin C. WEBB, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Oliver, Richard Allen Halprin, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

James R. Thompson, U.S. Atty., John Peter Lulinski, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

Martin Webb was convicted by a jury of willfully and knowingly refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. He appeals on the ground that the government's only evidence of the offense, a letter mailed to the United States Attorney's Office stating that Webb had refused induction, was insufficient proof upon which to base a criminal conviction. We reverse and remand for...

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