U.S. v. KERLEY

Nos. 87-1882, 87-2644.

838 F.2d 932 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gillam KERLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1988.

Supplemental Opinion of March 23, 1988.

As Amended April 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Goldberger, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant-appellant.

John T. Bannon, Jr., General Litigation and Legal Advice, Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Gillam Kerley of having "refuse[d] registration ... in the armed forces," 50 U.S.C.App. § 462(a), and Judge Shabaz sentenced him to three years in prison and imposed a fine of $10,000. Having been born in 1961, Kerley was required to register during the eight-day period preceding August 3, 1980. In a series of letters to the Director and the General Counsel of the Selective Service System in 1981 and 1982, Kerley said he...

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