Zant v. Cook

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]his court has not applied the doctrine of laches to habeas corpus cases.”
• “[T]he state’s argument that the 1950 conviction is too old to be attacked, but not too old to be used to enhance Cook’s sentence for his 1985 conviction of murder is without merit.”
• habeas permitted where no direct appeal was ever taken
• habeas permitted where no direct appeal was ever taken

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).