After Keyes pleaded guilty and was sentenced as a habitual offender for these crimes, he filed multiple motions for post-conviction relief, all of which were denied. See, e.g.,Keyes , 549 So. 2d at 949 ; Keyes v. State , 918 So. 2d 76 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005) ; Keyes v. State , 281 So. 3d 40 (Miss. Ct. App. 2019) ; Keyes v. State , 304 So. 3d 637 (Miss. Ct. App. 2020).
Three of the four cases were decided prior to our holding in Walton , and in the fourth case, we merely held that the petitioner failed "to show that the State suppressed material evidence," and therefore, "his claim regarding an alleged Brady violation fai[ed]." Keyes v. State , 281 So. 3d 40, 42 (¶15) (Miss. Ct. App. 2019). ¶32.
The good or bad faith of the prosecution is irrelevant. Keyes v. State , 281 So. 3d 40, 42 (¶14) (Miss. Ct. App. 2019). ¶48.
See Keyes v. State , 549 So. 2d 949 (Miss. 1989) ; Keyes v. State , 918 So. 2d 76 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005) ; Order, Keyes v. State , No. 25CI1:13-cv-00796 (Hinds County, Miss., Cir. Ct. Oct. 9, 2013); Keyes v. State , 281 So. 3d 40 (Miss. Ct. App. 2019). The court sentenced Keyes to serve as follows:
This waiver can operate to bar even flaws of a constitutional magnitude. SeeKeyes v. State , No. 2017-CP-00712-COA, 281 So.3d 40, 42, 2019 WL 125708, at *2 (Miss. Ct. App. Jan. 8, 2019).¶36.