Kyles v. Whitley

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 92-3310 CURTIS LEE KYLES, Petitioner-Appellant, versus JOHN P. WHITLEY, Warden, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY, ETC., ET AL., Respondents-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ( October 14, 1993 ) Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge: Curtis Lee Kyles, an inmate sentenced to capital punishment, appeals the judgment of the district court, denying him the writ of habeas corpus. In 1984, a Louisiana court convicted Kyles of shooting…