Williams v. Florida

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

JORDAN, District Judge.

In 1983, a jury in Palm Beach County, Florida, found Johnnie Lee WiUiams guilty of first-degree murder. Mr. Williams challenges that conviction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, arguing that his jury venire was drawn from a pool of potential jurors from which blacks were systematically excluded in violation of his Sixth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Mr. Williams also contends that the grand jury that indicted him was unconstitutionally drawn.

Facts

The judge who previously presided over this case held that the…