Martin Louis Ballard v. United States

I. Issue I: Is the right of Martin Ballard to due process of law under the Fifth Amendment and the right to a fair and impartial fact finder in his trial under the Sixth Amendment violated when Mr. Ballard was not informed the fact finder in his case had heard under oath guilty pleas of several witnesses which included testimony as to the alleged involvement of Mr. Ballard in the murder for hire plot and drug conspiracy? Issue II: Did Martin Ballard receive ineffective assistance of counsel when trial counsel failed to request a mistrial, after Jimmie Harris refused to testify, because the fact finder had previously heard the testimony of Mr. Harris and the failure to request a mistrial prevented the issue from being raised on appeal?