Legal Opinion

Edwards v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 4, 1997No. 45A03-9605-PC-171PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STATON, Judge.

Larry Edwards appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. The sole issue on appeal is whether the posteonviction court erred by finding that Edwards’ petition was barred by the doctrine of laches.1

*1088We reverse.

In June 1975, Edwards was convicted of two counts of inflicting injury in the perpetration of a robbery. The convictions were affirmed by the Indiana Supreme court on August 26, 1976. Edwards v. State, 265 Ind. 239, 352 N.E.2d 730 (1976). Later, on October 1, 1990, Edwards filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief. The post-conviction court…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Weatherford v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Perry v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Gallagher v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Douglas v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. Edwards v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Piper v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002
  2. Sanders v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Jay R. Thompson v. Richard BrownCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
  4. Smith v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. Jay R. Thompson v. Richard BrownCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018

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