Legal Opinion
Stanton v. Schultz
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 11, 2010No. 08SC636PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bender
I. Introduction
In this appeal, we review the court of appeals' determination that a previous federal court ruling does not preclude plaintiff Rod Schultz's present state malpractice claim against his former attorneys, Boston Stanton and James Covino, the defendants in this case. Schultz v. Stanton, 198 P.3d 1253 (Colo.
Stanton and Covino previously defended Schultz in a federal eriminal prosecution. Schultz was convicted. He then brought a post-conviction motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. In that motion, he argued that his attorneys failed to call an essential witness,…
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