Benedict Kately v. Burl Cain, Warden

LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

A Louisiana state court denied the petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus. The federal district court subsequently granted the petitioner habeas relief, determining that the state court’s decision was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts. We REVERSE.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On September 13, 2002, New Orleans police officers responded to a call about a shooting. They found Kendron Anderson lying on the floor in an apartment with a gunshot wound. He died at a hospital as the result of a gunshot wound to the chest. Days…