James Joseph, an informant to the police, claimed to have purchased the car from Curtis Kyles on the day of the murder.

The defendant appealed his conviction for first degree murder claiming that the state knew of evidence favorable to him before and during trial that it failed to disclose.

The state supreme court remanded the case for an evidentiary hearing on the defendant's claims of newly discovered evidence.

The Supreme Court granted cert and reversed and ordered a new trial holding that the net effect of the evidence withheld by the State in this case raised a reasonable probability that its disclosure would have produced a different result.

A search of his house revealed the following evidence: purse in the trash, dog food, receipt, gun by the stove, holster and bullets.

The defense tried to show that Beanie had set him up and planted the evidence for the purpose of earning money and removing an obstacle from a girl of his romantic interest.