U.S. v. HIGGINS-VOGT

No. 18-1528.

911 F.3d 814 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Matthew HIGGINS-VOGT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Virginia Boyle , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Urbana Division, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Evan Bruno , Attorney, BRUNO & ASSOCIATES, Urbana, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Sykes and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


Concerned that the getaway driver to his armed robbery would provide information to the police, Matthew Higgins-Vogt shot the driver multiple times in a wooded area near the Sangamon River in Decatur, Illinois. He later confessed to the murder while detained in the Macon County jail awaiting trial on the robbery charge. Higgins...

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