After stopping at a liquor store, the three couples returned to Higgs's apartment to drink alcohol and listen to music. They were traveling in Higgs's blue Mazda MPV van.
Higgs knew Jackson and they had arranged dates for Haynes and Gloria with Black and Chinn. to pick up Tanji Jackson, Tamika Black, and Mishann Chinn. 2 On Friday evening, January 26, 1996, Higgs, Willie Mark Haynes and Victor Gloria drove from Higgs's apartment at 13801 Briarwood Drive in Laurel, Maryland, to Washington D.C. Accordingly, we affirm Higgs's convictions and the sentences of death imposed by the district court. Having considered all issues raised by Higgs on appeal, as well as the question of "whether the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice, or any other arbitrary factor and whether the evidence supports the special finding of the existence of an aggravating factor required to be considered under section 3592," we find no reversible error. On appeal, Higgs challenges his convictions and sentences on multiple grounds. Dustin John Higgs was subsequently convicted by a federal jury of three counts of first-degree premeditated murder,ġ8 U.S.C.A. OPINION TRAXLER, Circuit Judge: 1 During the early morning hours of January 27, 1996, Tanji Jackson, Tamika Black, and Mishann Chinn were found murdered in the Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge in Prince George's County, Maryland. Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINS and Judge LUTTIG joined. Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and LUTTIG and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges. DiBiagio, United States Attorney, Sandra Wilkinson, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, MD, for Appellee. Hartung, Richmond, Vi rginia, for Appellant.
Johnston, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, MD, for Appellee. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED ARGUED: Timothy Joseph Sullivan, Sullivan & Sullivan, College Park, MD, for Appellant.
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