Moguel v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the equitable doctrine of laches is a defense to a petition and recognizing that generally laches must be pleaded by the party
• “[T]he doctrine of laches is a defense to a petition for writ of error coram nobis action filed for the purpose of challenging a criminal conviction.”
• The petitioner “waited twenty-three years to file a petition to challenge the validity of his guilty plea and conviction. A delay of this length is unreasonable.”
• in laches context, “[p]rejudice is generally held to be any thing that places [the opposing party] in a less favorable position”
• “We hold that the doctrine of laches is a defense to a petition for writ of error coram nobis filed for the purpose of challenging a criminal conviction.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).