United States v. Darrell G. Hafen

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Darrell Hafen was convicted of nineteen counts of mail fraud after a six-day jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Hafen raises two issues on this appeal. First, he argues that blacks were “systematically and substantially underrepresented” on the master wheel from which grand and petit jurors were selected, and that for this reason the court should have granted his motion to dismiss the grand jury’s indictment. Second, he contends that his waiver of the counsel appointed to represent him at trial was not knowing and…