SOMERVILLE, N.J. (AP) -Attorneys for Jayson Williams say the retired NBA star’s convictions related to a fatal shooting should be thrown out because those who prosecuted him were racially biased.
Williams was convicted of four counts of covering up the shooting of a hired driver at his central New Jersey mansion more than seven years ago.
In 2007, the Hunterdon County Prosecutors Office disclosed that an investigator used a racial slur in reference to Williams in 2002.
Williams attorney Joseph Hayden told a judge on Monday that the comment combined with the prosecution’s exclusion of black jurors at Williams’ 2004 trial shows a pattern of racial bias.
Prosecutors say the remark had no effect on the four cover-up counts.
Williams is awaiting retrial on a reckless manslaughter count.
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