No. 25-6526

Johnny Ray Walls-Bey v. Arizona

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2026-01-08
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brady-rule due-process false-testimony napue-violation plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2026-02-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Where State Prosecutors knowingly used and failed
to correct false sworn testimony in connection with
the plea such as at the plea colloquy, in the factuabasis proffer
and at sentencing, does this circumstance undermine the
voluntariness of the plea agreement and fall under a duprocess
violation announced in Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959), Giglio
v. United States, 405 U.S. 150 (1972) and Brady v. United States,
397 U.S. 742 (1970).

(2) Was The Arizona Superior Court who knowingly was
aware that the plea agreement conviction was procured
through fraud and dueprocess violations required to overturn
the conviction as announced in Ferrara v. United States, 456
F.3d 278 (1st Cir. 2006).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether state prosecutors' knowing use of false testimony undermines plea agreement voluntariness and constitutes a due process violation

Docket Entries

2026-02-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
2026-02-09
Waiver of Arizona of right to respond submitted.
2026-02-09
Waiver of right of respondent Arizona to respond filed.
2025-09-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 9, 2026)

Attorneys

Arizona
Jason Dale LewisArizona Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Johnny Ray Walls-Bey
Johnny Ray Walls-Bey — Petitioner