Court Opinion

ID: 9459155
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 21:11:59.464209+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:36:02.538350
License: Public Domain

WIDENER, Circuit Judge
(concurring) :
While I concur in the result in this case, I would not want to be estopped from later asserting that every defendant convicted of violating the Selective Service Act should not have a second opportunity to enter the service rather than face imprisonment. It is my understanding that in most, or nearly all, instances, Selective Service Act violators are offered the opportunity to enter the service rather than face prosecution in the district court. In this case, under the particular set of facts here presented, I feel that the defendant has been the victim of terribly bad advice and should be accorded a second chance.