Court Opinion

ID: 9455604
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 19:26:55.610539+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:34:39.266723
License: Public Domain

*1093PER 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.