Gregory Lee Merritt v. United States

Appellant, a Jehovah’s Witness, contending that he is entitled to a ministerial exemption, seeks reversal of a judgment of conviction of failing and refusing to perform civilian work under the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 App.U.S.C.A. § 456(j) and 462 (a). We affirm.

Convinced that the factual setting of this case does not take it out of the ambit of well settled precedents, it suffices to say that the record clearly discloses that the appellant wholly failed to discharge his burden of establishing a prima facie case for a ministerial exemption, Dickinson v. United States,…