People v. Johnson

Following a jury trial defendant William Johnson was convicted of three counts of delivery of a controlled substance and was sentenced to a 30-month period of probation. On appeal defendant contends: (1) the prosecution improperly used its peremptory challenges to exclude all blacks from the jury; and (2) the trial court erred when it failed to require the United States Attorney to reveal information about an ongoing investigation of the Harvey police department which employed a key prosecution witness.

We affirm defendant's convictions but remand the cause for further proceedings.

It is…