OPINION
ALCALA, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
In this case, we alter the parameters of the equitable doctrine of laches as it applies to bar a long-delayed application for a writ of habeas corpus. Recognizing that our current approach to laches in the habeas corpus context has imposed an unreasonably heavy burden upon the State, we now adopt a revised approach...
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