United States v. David Edward Ritchey

Ritchey was convicted of refusing to report for and submit to induction into the Armed Forces of the United States in violation of 50 U.S.C.App. § 462(a). We affirm.

Ritchey was classified 1-A by his local board on January 17, 1967. He does not attack the validity of this classification. On July 14, 1967 he received an order to report for induction directing him to report on August 8, 1967. He appeared at the induction center on that date, but the induction process was not completed at that time. Ritchey received a subsequent notice from his draft board on September 1, 1967 telling him to report to complete his induction on October 17, 1967. Ritchey did not report at the induction center on that date. He notified the draft board that he had been out of the area at the time and unable to comply. Ritchey received another notice to report from his draft board on January 9, 1968, directing him to report on January 22, 1968. He did so, and again did not complete the induction process. Ritchey received a final letter from his draft board on March 20, 1968 ordering him to report at the induction center on April 9, 1968. Ritchey did not report on that date, and this is the basis for his…