Pablo Elizarraraz v. United States

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Pablo Elizarraraz, stands convicted in the District Court at Austin of knowingly failing, neglecting, and refusing to perform a duty required of him under the provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, in violation of Title 50 United States Code §§ 456(j) and 462(a).1 We affirm.

Elizarraraz was born January 13, 1941 in George West, Texas. In 1956 he became a member of the religious sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses. He has formal education through the eighth grade. On January 15, 1959, he registered with his local draft board. On the…