Legal Opinion
James H. Higgason, Jr. v. Richard Clark, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison, and Attorney General of Indiana
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 1993No. 91-2010, 91-2168, and 92-1473PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Indiana is holding James Higgason prisoner following a burglary conviction in No vember 1985. The court sentenced Higga-son to 25 years’ imprisonment after concluding that he is an habitual offender. Two prior convictions for unrelated felonies require habitual-offender designation in Indiana, and Higgason had three: theft in 1970, theft in 1972, and murder in 1975. Paroled from the murder sentence in 1985, Higgason was back in prison quickly on the burglary charge. On April 14, 1986, Indiana discharged Higgason from the murder sentence. Since then, only the 25-year…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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3Cited by53 opinions
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