Legal Opinion
United States v. Higgs
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 23, 2011No. 10-0007PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge KEENAN joined.
OPINION
TRAXLER, Chief Judge:
Petitioner Dustin John Higgs was convicted of three counts each of first-degree premeditated murder, see 18 U.S.C. § 1111(a), first-degree murder committed in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a kidnapping, see id., and kidnapping resulting in death, see 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(2), arising out of the January 27, 1996, murders of three young women in the Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge. He received nine death sentences. We affirmed his…
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