UNITED STATES v. DIGGINS

Nos. 20-2078, 20-2079.

36 F.4th 302 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Maurice DIGGINS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Murphy , on brief for appellant.

Darcie N. McElwee , United States Attorney; Benjamin Block , Assistant United States Attorney; Kristen Clarke , Assistant Attorney General; Pamela S. Karlan , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; and Thomas Chandler and Brant S. Levine , Attorneys, Appellate Section, Department of Justice, on brief for appellee.

Before Lynch, Thompson, and Gelpí, Circuit Judges.


A jury convicted Maurice Diggins ("Diggins") of two counts of committing a hate crime and one count of conspiring to commit a hate crime under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (the "Shepard-Byrd Act"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 249(a)(1), 371.1 On appeal, Diggins...

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