Wright v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that laches may bar claim for postconviction relief
• approving the imposition of the bar of laches when the defendant is not diligent and State is prejudiced by the passage of many years because \[t]here must be some point at which criminal convictions and sentences are final and unassailable\
• “Laches is sustainable in a criminal case where there has been a lack of due diligence on the part of the defendant in bringing forth the claim and prejudice to the State.”
• “Laches is sustainable in a criminal case where there has been a lack of due diligence on the part of the defendant in bringing forth the claim and prejudice to the State.”
• defendant precluded by doctrine of laches from bringing motion for post conviction relief where there has been lack of due diligence on the part of defendant in bringing forth claim and prejudice to the state

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Raso v. Wall
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2005-08-23· cited 38×
• State v. Freijo
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-07-23· cited 18×
• Lopez v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-05-10· cited 4×
• Ashley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-04-24· cited 3×
• Bean v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-03-07· cited 3×
• Chesson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-03-17· cited 2×
• Bain v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-04-22· cited 1×
• Bowers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-05-02· cited 1×
• Felder v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-04-11· cited 1×
• Eden v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-08-07· cited 1×
• Jorge v. State
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2008-05-02
• Russell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-02-26
• Wright v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-06-02
• Makins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-06-12
• In re Commonwealth
  Sup. Ct. of the Comm. of the N. Mariana Islands· 2025-12-23

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-07-20· cited 248×
• McCray v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-10-09· cited 90×
• Dorfman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-07-28· cited 69×
• Adams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-05-03· cited 39×
• Remp v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1970-07-21· cited 26×
• Blatch v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-10-21· cited 21×
• Hernandez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-09-03· cited 6×