Q: In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision. Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. The four incorrect answers are other holding statements. You should find the correct option. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
"laches embraces not only the element of time, but the added ingredient of prejudicial harm." 34 Tex. JuR.3d Equity 46 at 363-64 (1984). This much is evident from the majority's statement in the same paragraph, that "the State was prejudiced by applicant's fourteen year delay...." Majority opinion at 488, n. 3. 2 . The Legislature has increasingly exercised regulation of procedural rules governing the filing of a writs of habeas corpus: [T]he Legislature since about 1967 has "reworked and expanded procedural Tequi-sites" ... So, it has not been uncommon for the Legislature to "enact laws to render the remedy speedy and effectual." Ex parte Davis, 947 S.W.2d 216, 225 (Tex.Crim.App.1996)(McCormick, P.J., concurring); see also Ex parte Smith, 977 S.W.2d 610, 611 n. 4 (Tex.Crim.App.l998)(<HOLDING>). 3 .Article 11.071 was the provision at issue
Holding statements: (A) holding that a conclusory opinion may be rejected (B) holding even though experts are permitted to give an opinion they may not offer an opinion regarding the credibility of others (C) recognizing that an advisory opinion is one that offers an opinion on a moot issue (D) recognizing ajlthough presiding judge mccormicks opinion in davis is labeled a concurring opinion it was joined by a majority of the court and may be regarded as an opinion for the court (E) holding a medical opinion to be not significantly probative where the opinion was contrary to other substantial record evidence
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(D)