United States v. Roger Pete Medina

Roger Pete Medina, the appellant, was convicted by a jury of a violation of 50 App. U.S.C. § 462(a), the failure and neglect to report and submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States. He was sentenced and appeals contending that the evidence of “knowingly” and “wilfully” failing to report and submit was insufficient, and that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of his efforts to join the United States Army. We affirm.

The pertinent background facts begin with Medina’s registration with the Selective Service in 1967, and his being placed on probation in 1968 as a…