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JONES v. STATE

No. 16, Sept. Term, 2015.

126 A.3d 1162 (2015)

445 Md. 324

Corey JONES v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 7, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison Pierce Brasseaux, Assistant Public Defender (Paul B. DeWolfe, Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Robert Taylor, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (Brian E. Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before: BARBERA, C.J., BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS, and GLENN T. HARRELL, JR. (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

The doctrine of laches, which is both an "affirmative defense" and an "equitable defense[,]" "`applies whe[re] there is an unreasonable delay in the assertion of one [party]'s rights and that delay results in prejudice to the opposing party.'" State Ctr., LLC v. Lexington Charles Ltd. P'ship, 438 Md. 451...

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