James Columbus Shaw v. United States

This is an appeal from a conviction under the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2312, for knowingly transporting a stolen vehicle in interstate commerce.

The defendant urges three basic grounds for reversal: (1) ineffective assistance of appointed counsel, (2) denial of a personal right to select certain jurors, and (3) erroneous admission of his oral statement to an F.B.I. agent.

Defendant makes a vague allegation that although his appointed trial counsel was competent and skilled in the law, there existed a lack of “rapport” or “communication” between them which precluded effective representation.…