Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bobby Gene PERDUE, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1970-05-11
Citations: 425 F.2d 1092
Docket Number: No. 14077
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bobby Gene PERDUE, Appellant.
Judges: Before BOREMAN, WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 425
Pages: 1092–1093

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bobby Gene PERDUE, Appellant.
No. 14077.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Argued May 4, 1970.
Decided May 11, 1970.
Norman B. Smith, Greensboro, N. C. (Smith & Patterson, Greensboro, N. C., on brief), for appellant.
Bruce B. Briggs, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Keith S. Snyder, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.
Before BOREMAN, WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Defendant's conviction for failing to submit to induction into the Armed Forces of the United States must be reversed.
When defendant registered with his local board he claimed to be a conscientious objector exempt from both combatant and noncombatant service in the Armed Forces. Initially classified I-A, he was reclassified I-A-0; and when he appealed the latter urging that he be classified I-O, he was returned to a I-A classification without explanation of the reason for the action. Our examination of the data defendant submitted in support of his claim satisfies us that defendant presented a prima facie case for classification in I-O.
Because of the local board's failure to disclose the basis for its action, defendant's conviction for failure to report pursuant to the classification of I-A cannot stand. United States v. Broyles, 423 F.2d 1299 (4 Cir. 1970); United States v. James, 417 F.2d 826 (4 Cir. 1969). In view of our conclusion that defendant is entitled to a judgment of acquittal, we need not consider his other assignments of error.
Reversed.