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No Legal Malpractice Claim Without Post-Conviction Relief
The Supreme Court of Tennessee held that a prisoner could not sue his former defense attorneys for legal malpractice unless he won post-conviction relief. Defendant and numerous co-defendants were arrested and indicted on federal drug charges. Defendant's attorneys asked him to persuade other co-defendants to hire them, which defendant alleges ...
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