United States v. James Carlton

Defendant was convicted in a jury trial of assaulting a federal correctional officer trainee. At the time of the offense, defendant was a federal prisoner serving a sentence for assault with intent to rape. We affirm the conviction.

Defendant argues that the district court erred in not directing that defendant’s race, Negro, be represented on the trial jury. The man he was charged with assaulting was white. Defendant admits that there were a number of Negroes present among the veniremen available for selection of a trial jury, but contends that the government exercised its peremptory…