Kyles v. Whitley: Death or Declaration?

Howton argues that the Supreme Court did not grant certiorari to review the Fifth Circuit's application of the "materiality" standard in the case "Kyles v. Whitley" as it claimed, but to consider whether the lower court had sentenced an innocent man to death. He asserts that by using an illusory "legal error" to justify certiorari rather than the Court's true concerns over imposition of the dealth penalty, the Court has confused the "materiality" standard for future courts.