Leslie Robert White v. United States

On January 15, 1969, appellant was charged in a one count indictment with willful failure to comply with an order of his Selective Service Board to report on December 16, 1968, for instructions concerning alternative service employment. He was then convicted by a jury and thereafter duly sentenced.

The record presents a portrait of an indulgent Board and United States Attorney attempting to give a young man every opportunity to avoid criminal prosecution. Appellant did not conclude that he was a conscientious objector for more than three years after he registered. On August 24, 1964, he was classified I-O. The following March, the Board received his completed SSS Form 152, in which he listed three types of civilian work. In June, 1966, appellant was directed to ap pear for a conference in connection with reaching agreement on the type of work to be performed. He did not appear on that date, nor on later dates designated by the Board. Appellant was indicted on January 18, 1968, for failing to report for civilian work on November 8, 1966, the date fixed by Board Order of October 25th. Subsequently, on November 11, 1967, the registrant notified the Board that his wife had given…