United States v. Robert Daniel Williams

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Robert Daniel Williams was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture methaqualone in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. While a direct appeal of that conviction was pending in this court, appellant filed an extraordinary motion for a new trial, based upon newly discovered evidence of an ex parte communication between one juror and the trial court. Rule 33, Fed.R. Crim.P. This court stayed further proceedings regarding the direct appeal, pending the district court’s ruling on the extraordinary motion. After an evidentiary hearing, the district court denied…