United States v. Matthew Higgins-Vogt

Scudder, Circuit Judge.

*817 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-Vogt appeals the district court's denial of his motion to suppress his statements, challenging their voluntariness. We agree with the district court that Higgins-Vogt's statements to law enforcement were entirely voluntary and therefore affirm.

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