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United States v. Scott

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Apr 9, 1970
424 F.2d 285 (4th Cir. 1970)

Opinion

No. 13951.

Argued March 4, 1970.

Decided April 9, 1970.

Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., Charleston, S.C. (Court-appointed counsel) [Gibson, Gibbs Krawcheck, Charleston, S.C., on the brief], for appellant.

Thomas P. Simpson, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Joseph O. Rogers, Jr., U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


In this Selective Service case, after conviction of failure to report for physical examination and failure to report for induction, the defendant contends venue was in Southern District of New York, where the defendant then resided, rather than in the District of South Carolina, where he was registered and where he was instructed to report. While he could have obtained permission to report in New York and, had he refused to be inducted after reporting there, venue would have been in New York, this defendant did nothing. His default was in his failure to report in South Carolina, and the proceedings were required to be instituted in that District. Johnston v. United States, 351 U.S. 215, 76 S.Ct. 739, 100 L.Ed. 1097.

We have considered the other contentions on appeal and find them without merit.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

United States v. Scott

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Apr 9, 1970
424 F.2d 285 (4th Cir. 1970)
Case details for

United States v. Scott

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Henry SCOTT, Appellant

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Apr 9, 1970

Citations

424 F.2d 285 (4th Cir. 1970)

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