Legal Opinion
Curtis Lee Kyles v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1993No. 92-3310PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. 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 and killing Mrs. Dolores Dye during a daylight armed robbery before many witnesses. As he did before the jury that convicted and condemned him, Kyles asserts innocence and maintains that he was framed by a now-deceased acquaintance. Although phrasing his claims in constitutional terms, Kyles'essentially asks this court to reconsider the defensive theory…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by90 opinions
- Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Andrews v. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Bryant v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Ellis Wayne Felker v. Tony Turpin, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Jordan v. HargettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
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