United States v. Gary Lynn Harmon

WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

On November 14, 1972, defendant-appellant was convicted of the crime of knowingly failing to submit to registration as required by the Military Selective Service Act of 1967, 50 U.S.C. App. § 462(a).

The appellant is shown to have been and to be a member of the Jehovah’s Witness faith. He was born March 18, 1952 and became 18 on March 18, 1970. Under the pertinent regulations he was obligated to register with Selective Service on or within five days after attaining his 18th birthday. He failed to register at this time, and so in November 1971, the Selective…