McElrath v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming application of laches to bar collateral relief on conviction more than 20 years old when applicant failed to establish that he had exercised reasonable diligence in pursuing PCR and offered no justification for the delay
• “We concur with the trial judge’s finding that laches bars appellant’s claim for collateral relief from a conviction and sentence now more than twenty years old.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cole v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-08-31· cited 90×
• Johnson v. State
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2006-06-01· cited 33×
• Creighton v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-06-26· cited 7×
• Brewer v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-10-18· cited 7×
• Brazell v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-08-09· cited 1×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
• Pickelsimer v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-10-14· cited 167×
• Finklea v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-05-21· cited 7×
• McDuffie v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-04-22· cited 5×