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HIGGS v. WATSON

No. 20-2129.

984 F.3d 1235 (2021)

Dustin John HIGGS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. T. J. WATSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 11, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew C. Lawry , Attorney, Office of the Federal Community Defender, Eastern District of Pennsylvania — Capital Habeas Unit, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Brian L. Reitz , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before Wood, Brennan, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.

In 1996 Dustin Higgs participated in the kidnapping and murder of three young women on federal property in Maryland. Federal charges followed. A jury returned guilty verdicts across the board, and Higgs received nine death sentences. The district court also imposed a 45-year consecutive sentence for Higgs's use of a firearm...

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