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Exoneration of Conviction a Prerequisite to Legal Malpractice Claim in California

Loaded on Oct. 15, 2002 published in Prison Legal News October, 2002, page 16
Filed under: Attorneys, Malpractice (Attorneys). Location: California.
The California Supreme Court held that when criminal defendants sue their defense lawyer for legal malpractice, they cannot use the civil proceeding to prove their innocence. Rather, they must first gain either a reversal of their conviction or other exoneration by postconviction relief.

Nicholas Coscia, a former attorney, pled guilty ...

 

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