Court Opinion

ID: 9454115
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 18:36:48.685072+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:33:58.657077
License: Public Domain

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. It is my view that the decision of the majority in this case is directly in conflict with what this Court held in McCoy v. United States of America, [decided November 12, 1968] 403 F.2d 896. Moreover, if the conflict did not exist, I would hold that there was a substantial basis in fact for the denial of ministerial exemption to this appellant. I think the advice given by Colonel Weeks was correct, has several times been specifically approved by this Court, and meets the very standards requested by Jehovah’s Witnesses.
I would affirm the judgment of conviction.