| Draft Card Violators
46 who burned or tore them up and a few who simply returned them |
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Only 46 men were ever indicted under the provisions of 50 USC 462 (b) (3) for burning or ripping up their draft cards (13 Circuits and 94 Districts). Here are the names of 28 (+six more, perhaps) of them and four other men indicted under the provisions of 50 USC 462 (b) (6), 32 CFR 1617.1 and 32 CFR 1623.5 for non-possession. Who were the other eighteen? (Not included here are cases of illegal possession of and/or illegal use of another person's draft card.)
| date | Defendant-Appellant | Circuit | Registration Certificate |
Notice of Classification |
| 1965 Oct 15 | David J. Miller one count |
2nd Circuitf
S. New York | destruction | |
| 1965 Oct 20 | Stephen L. Smith two counts |
8th Circuit
S. Iowa | mutilation and destruction non-possession (dismissed) | |
| 1965 Oct 22 | Stanley R. Witkowski | S. Iowa | 3 cards (2 of them expired) each 3/4 burned |
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| 1965 Nov 6 | Thomas C. Cornell two counts |
2nd Circuit
S. New York | mutilation and destruction | mutilation and destruction |
| 1965 Nov 6 | Marc P. Edelman one count |
2nd Circuit
S. New York | mutilation and destruction | |
| see United States v. Len Chandler, 380 F. 2d 993 | ||||
| 1965 Nov 6 | Roy Lisker one count |
2nd Circuit
S. New York | mutilation and destruction | |
| 1965 Nov 6 | James Wilson | S. New York | ||
| n.d. | Terry Sullivan | S. New York | ||
| n.d. | John M. Baehler | S. New York | ||
| n.d. | Salvatore Bonito | N/S. New York | ||
| n.d. | Ronald Thomas | N/S. New York | ||
| n.d. | Henry Gregory | N. California | ||
| n.d. | Gary W. Crawford | |||
| 1966 n.d. | Harold Hector and Gary Graham Hicks |
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| 1966 Mar 24 | Peter N. Kiger one count |
2nd Circuit
S. New York | mutilation and destruction |
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| 1966 Mar 31 | David P. O'Brien one count |
Supreme Ct
1st Circuit Mass. | mutilation and destruction | |
| 1966 Mar 31 | David Benson | Mass. | ||
| 1966 Mar 31 | John Phillips and David Reed |
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| 1966 Apr June | Robert Talmanson |
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| 1966 July 21 | Alan W. Solomonow | Conn. | mutilation | |
| 1966 Dec 14 | Bruce D. Dancis one count |
2nd Circuit
N. New York | mutilation | |
| 1967 Apr 15 | Vincent F. McGee, Jr. +three counts (1) |
Supreme Ct
2nd Circuit S. New York | destruction (dismissed) |
destruction (dismissed) non-possession |
| 1967 Apr 15 | Gary Rader | (Chicago) | ||
| 1967 Aug 18 | John R. Peet + one count (2) |
9th Circuit
N. California | destruction | |
| 1967 Oct 16 | Mendel L. Cooper two counts |
10th Circuit
Colorado | mutilation non-possession (dismissed) | |
| 1967 Dec 4 | David M. Rehfield two counts |
9th Circuit
Arizona | destruction non-possession |
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| n.d. (3) | Bradley M. Littlefield two counts |
9th Circuit
Arizona | destruction non-possession |
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| 1968 Jan 9 | Michael J. Billingsley two counts |
3rd Circuit
Delaware | destruction non-possession |
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| n.d. | Burton S. Marks one count (2) |
9th Circuit
N. California | burning (reversed) |
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| n.d. | William R. Williams + one count (4) |
9th Circuit
E. California | non-possession | |
| 1968 Aug 30 | Michael B. Weissman one count |
8th Circuit
E. Missouri | mutilation and destruction | (no charge) |
| 1969 Feb 13 | Larry K. Zink two counts |
8th Circuit
Nebraska | destruction | destruction |
| Dec '67 Nov '68 May '69 | Jeffrey S. Falk
+ three counts (5) (reversed and remanded) |
7th Circuit
N. Illinois | non-possession (6) |
non-possession (6) non-possession (6) |
| 1970 Apr 15 | Lawrence Demangone one count |
3rd Circuit
W. Pennsylvania | non-possession | |
| 1971 Nov 2 | R. Jeffrey Blair two counts |
9th Circuit
Hawaii | destruction (reversed) | destruction (reversed) |
| 1971 Dec 13 | William C. Eppinette, Jr. two counts |
4th Circuit
E. No. Carolina | non-possession (reversed) |
non-possession (reversed) |
| Notes
(1) Vincent McGee was charged with six counts. Two counts for destruction were dismissed, possibly for lack of witnesses. He mailed his charred cards to President Johnson. He received concurrent two-year sentences for non-possession, failure to submit information, failure to report for a physical, and refusal to submit to induction. (2) John R. Peet was also charged with failure to report for induction. He was sentenced to six years under the Youth Corrections Act. (3) Littlefield and Rehfield seem to have acted together on Dec. 4, 1967. (4) Williams was also charged with and convicted of two other counts: (I) failure to report for induction and (II) failure to keep his local board advised of his current address. (5) Falk was also charged with one count of refusing to submit to induction, but the judge granted a post-trial motion for acquittal on that count. He received three one-year consecutive sentences for the three counts of non-possession.
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First Circuit (Boston)
District of Massachusetts:
David O'Brien conviction
affirmed
David Benson sentenced Oct. 6, 1966 to 5 years
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Maine
Second Circuit (New York City)
Southern District of New York:
David J. Miller conviction
affirmed,
Terry Sullivan sentenced July 29, 1966 to 1 year
John M. Baehler found mentally incompetent in Sep. 1966
Thomas C. Cornell conviction
affirmed
sentenced Nov 29, 1966 to 6 months.
Marc P. Edelman conviction
affirmed
sentenced Nov 29, 1966 to 6 months.
Roy Lisker conviction
affirmed
sentenced Nov 29, 1966 to 6 months.
James Wilson probation
Peter N. Kiger conviction
affirmed, and
Vincent F. McGee conviction
affirmed
Salvatore Bonito sentenced (suspended) June 26, 1967
Ronald Thomas sentenced June 26, 1967 to 3 months
Northern District of New York:
Bruce Dancis conviction
affirmed
sentenced Nov. 14, 1968 to 6 years (Youth Corrections Act)
New York (E. W.)
Connecticut:
Alan W. Solomonow
Vermont
Third Circuit (Philadelphia)
Western District of Pennsylvania:
Lawrence Demangone conviction
affirmed
Pennsylvania (Middle and E.)
Delaware:
Michael J. Billingsley arrested Feb 12, 1968
New Jersey
Fourth Circuit (Richmond, VA)
Virginia (W. E.)
Eastern District of North Carolina:
William C. Eppinette, Jr. conviction
reversed
North Carolina (W. and Middle)
West Virginia (N. S.)
South Carolina
Fifth Circuit (New Orleans)
Louisiana (W. Middle E.)
Texas (N. S. E. W.)
Mississippi (N. S.)
Sixth Circuit (Cincinnati, OH)
Ohio (N. S.)
Michigan (West East)
Kentucky (W. E.)
Tennessee (W. Middle E.)
Seventh Circuit (Chicago)
Northern District of Illinois:
Gary E. Rader arraigned April 28, 1967.
Jeffrey S. Falk conviction
reversed and remanded
Illinois (Central S.)
Wisconsin (W. E.)
Indiana (N. S.)
Eighth Circuit (St. Louis, MO)
Eastern District of Missouri:
Michael Weissman conviction
affirmed
Missouri (W.)
Southern District of Iowa:
Stephen Smith conviction
affirmed
Stanley R. Witkowski indicted Jan. 19, 1966
Northern District of Iowa
Nebraska:
Larry K. Zink conviction
affirmed
Arkansas (W. E.)
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Ninth Circuit (San Francisco)
Northern District of California:
John R. Peet arraigned Jan. 5, 1968 conviction
affirmed and
Burton S. Marks conviction
reversed
Henry Gregory sentenced Oct 7, 1968 to 2 years probation
Eastern District of California:
William R. Williams conviction
affirmed
California (Central S.)
District of Arizona:
David M. Rehfield arraigned Jan 15, 1968 conviction
affirmed and
Bradlely M. Littlefield arraigned Jan 29, 1968 conviction
affirmed
District of Hawaii:
R. Jeffrey Blair arraigned June 12, 1972 conviction
reversed
Washington (W. E.)
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Alaska
Guam
Northern Marana Islands
Tenth Circuit (Denver)
District of Colorado:
Mendel L. Cooper conviction
affirmed
Oklahoma (W. N. E.)
Kansas
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Eleventh Circuit (Atlanta)
Alabama (N. Middle S.)
Georgia (N. Middle S.)
Florida (N. Middle S.)
DC Circuit (Wash., D.C.)
Federal Circuit (Wash., D.C.)