Roy Charles Williams, Sr. v. United States

PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Roy Charles Williams, Sr., has taken this appeal from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. He was tried for the crimes of conspiracy and possession of narcotics in the Northern District of Ohio, and now alleges that venue there was improper, violating his constitutional right to a trial in the “district wherein the crime shall have been committed.” U.S.Const. amend. VI. The district court denied the § 2255 motion, ruling that petitioner’s claim of improper venue is not cognizable in a habeas…