Court Opinion

ID: 9697408
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:15:57.547074+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:27:23.475296
License: Public Domain

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, C.J.
¶ 4. (dissenting). I would deny the motion for reconsideration, but I would amend the opinion to provide for remand on the issue of laches, as Justice Louis B. Butler's concurring opinion (in which I joined) requested. I do not ordinarily continue on reconsideration the position I took in concurrence or dissent. In the present case, however, the defendant has provided the court material not previously before us to show that the assumed factual basis upon which the court decided laches as a matter of law may be erroneous. I have not explored whether the new material is relevant to the issue of laches. This case is being remanded; the court of appeals should examine the submitted material, take evidence, and hear the parties to determine laches, an issue upon which the State has the burden of proof. For the reasons set forth, I dissent.
¶ 5. I am authorized to state that Justice LOUIS B. BUTLER, JR. joins this dissent.