Roger Helm, Jr. v. Ryan Thornell

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROGER SCOTT HELM, Jr., No. 22-15689

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:20-cv-02173-

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RYAN THORNELL, Director;

KRISTIN MAYES, ATTORNEY

GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF OPINION

ARIZONA,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Roslyn O. Silver, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 7, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed August 9, 2024

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges, and Richard Seeborg, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Collins

* The Honorable Richard Seeborg, Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Habeas Corpus

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of Roger Scott Helm, Jr.’s habeas corpus petition in which he contended that his multiple consecutive terms of imprisonment for three homicides amount to the functional equivalent of a life-without-parole sentence in violation of Miller…