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LOPEZ v. STATE

No. 61, Sept. Term, 2012.

72 A.3d 579 (2013)

433 Md. 652

Jose F. LOPEZ v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 20, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Ross, Assistant Public Defender (Paul B. DeWolfe, Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.

Mary Ann Ince, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Submitted before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, and BELL, JJ.

McDONALD, J.

The equitable doctrine of laches bars litigation of a claim when there is unreasonable delay in its assertion and the delay results in prejudice to the opposing party.1 Laches derives from concerns similar to those that undergird statutes of limitations. Both devices — one a product of legislation, the other a development of the common law — are intended to set time limits on the assertion of claims. While their...

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