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ACOSTA v. RAEMISCH

No. 17-1131.

877 F.3d 918 (2017)

Gabriel Alexander ACOSTA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick RAEMISCH, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections; Cynthia Coffman, Attorney General, State of Colorado, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 15, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Shaheen ( Christopher A. Chrisman and Jessica M. Schmidt with him on the briefs), Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Ryan A. Crane , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Section ( Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, with him on the brief), Denver, Colorado, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before KELLY, PHILLIPS, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner-Appellant Gabriel Acosta and his girlfriend, Chante Dillon, killed their roommate, Kimberly Dotson, after Ms. Dotson wrecked their car. Mr. Acosta and Ms. Dillon duct-taped, beat, and suffocated Ms. Dotson to death, then bagged her body in trash bags and threw her in a dumpster. They were both charged with first...

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