United States v. Roy Williams, Jr.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Roy Williams, Jr., a former federal employee with the United States Department of Labor, was convicted of two charges involving bribery. He seeks reversal of his convictions on the basis that: 1) the government used its peremptory challenges to exclude all members of Mr. Williams’ race from the jury; and 2) he received ineffective assistance of trial, sentencing, and appellate counsel.

I. JURY SELECTION

Mr. Williams, who is black, argues that the government denied him due process by using its peremptory challenges to exclude blacks from the jury. Mr. Williams contends that…