United States v. Bradley Robert Willson

Appellant Willson has appealed to this Court from a judgment of conviction in the District Court (where he waived a jury and was tried by the Court) for wilfully refusing to submit to induction in the Armed Forces. 50 U.S.C.App. § 462.

On appeal his principal contention is that there was no basis in fact for the denial by the local board of a 1-0 classification, and his classification in I-A.

Willson registered for the draft on March 23, 1964, with Local Board 95, in Los Angeles.

In his Classification Questionnaire, which he filed with the local board on April 28, 1964, there is a provision on page 4 to be filled out and signed only by conscientious objectors, which reads as follows:

Willson did not sign the place indicated on the form for his signature in order to claim to be a conscientious objector.

Willson enrolled as a student in San Jose State College in September, 1964, and expected to graduate in 1968. His local board classified him in II-S in November, 1964. Later, on September 25, 1966, he was classified I-A, but after a personal appearance before the local board he was reclassified II-S. He remained in that classification until March 5, 1968, when he was classified…