KITTELSON v. DRETKE

No. 04-20252.

426 F.3d 306 (2005)

Bruce Lee KITTELSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Doug DRETKE, Director, Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Lee Kittelson, Fort Stockton, TX, pro se.

Ana Jordan, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before KING, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Bruce Lee Kittelson appeals the district court's denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. This court granted a certificate of appealability (COA) as to three of the issues Kittelson raised. We now find that Kittelson has shown a basis for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 because the state courts unreasonably applied clearly-established Supreme Court law governing the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. We reverse, render, and remand, for the...

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