UNITED STATES v. HOWZE

No. 24313.

423 F.2d 1290 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Aaron HOWZE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Tietz (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Edward J. Wallin (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., Eric A. Nobles, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wm. Matthew Byrne, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, ELY and TRASK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The judgment of conviction is affirmed.

The draft board gave Howze a I-O, conscientious objector classification. He declined as a Jehovah's Witness to make a selection among three choices of work offered him in civilian employment. So the local board ordered him to work at a local hospital. There he declined to work.

Perhaps he could have made a case before the board for other civilian work, but he didn't attempt it. Further, he failed...

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