Florida Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence For 1982 Murderer Kayle B. Bates

Florida Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence For 1982 Murderer Kayle B. Bates

The court denies all of Bates’s appeals and petitions, clearing the way for his execution. The Florida Supreme Court today affirmed the denial of all appeals from death row inmate Kayle Barrington Bates, who was convicted of the 1982 murder of Janet Renee White. In a unanimous ruling, the court denied Bates’s fourth successive motion […] Florida Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence For 1982 Murderer Kayle B. Bates

Supreme Court Rejects Bates Execution Appeal

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to halt next week’s scheduled execution of Kayle Bates in the 1982 murder of a woman who was abducted from a State Farm insurance office in Bay County.