Opinion ID: 1191658
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: waiver-laches

Text: Because this appeal now comes to this court from the third trial-court post-conviction-relief consideration, we are concerned with the number of times a convicted defendant is entitled to litigate the same issues. That concern is particularly manifest in this case where appellant received suspension of confinement after incarceration with time credit of 212 days, and failed to honor that suspension by his subsequent involvement in burglary and sale of stolen property. We will not determine those issues specifically in this case, but reflect that a comprehensive and adequate consideration and a finite disposition in one post-conviction-relief proceeding is both indicated and mandated in the proper administration of the justice delivery system. The Wyoming post-conviction-relief statute provides: Any claim of substantial denial of constitutional rights not raised in the original or an amended petition is waived. Section 7-14-103, W.S. 1977. This present appeal constitutes a final appellate post-conviction review. The judiciary must find a time for its continued responsibility involving a particular criminal act to end. Thereafter, further societal responsibility is vested in the executive and legislative branches of constitutional government.