Slone v. State

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s decision that the doctrine of laches does not bar Slone’s claim.

With respect to the issue of unreasonable delay, the majority recognizes that repeated contacts with the criminal justice system, consultation with attorneys, and incarceration in a penal institution with legal facilities are all facts from which a trier of fact may infer knowledge of, and acquiescence in, the defect in a guilty plea and the means of relief. McCollum v. State (1991), Ind.App., 569 N.E.2d 736, 738. Slone did not spend time in a penal institution; however, such does not…